How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer NOCN has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.
NOCN offers a broad range of qualifications and alternative routes for both experienced workers and new entrants to the jobs market.
These are the units NOCN registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with NOCN. It does the teaching and the mapping. NOCN sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Civil Engineering Technology Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information required to undertake a range of civil engineering activities.
- Identify the appropriate tools, equipment, and materials required to undertake a range of civil engineering activities.
- Prepare work areas in accordance with safety regulations and industry best practices to undertake a range of civil engineering activities.
- Undertake a wide range of civil engineering activities, adhering to safety procedures and quality standards.
- Complete works following civil engineering activities, ensuring proper documentation and site restoration.
Construction Health and Safety Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know about legislation and organisational policies and procedures related to health and safety.
- Know about the hazards and risks within the construction industry.
- Know about incident reporting procedures.
- Know how hazards and risks are controlled.
- Know about own responsibilities and behaviours necessary when working in construction.
- Know about welfare and personal hygiene in construction.
- Know about first aid in construction.
- Know about the importance of security arrangements in construction.
- Know the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements of manual handling.
- Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements of working at heights.
- Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements for hazardous substances.
- Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety related to the use of plant and equipment in the construction industry.
- Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements of confined space working.
- Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements relating to fire and firefighting equipment.
- Know about the hazards, risks and health and safety requirements relating to working with, and around, electrical equipment.
Construction Information, Quantities and Communications Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret construction information from various sources, including drawings, specifications, and site instructions.
- Produce construction information, such as sketches, schedules, and reports, to communicate effectively with others.
- Estimate quantities of resources, including materials, labour, and equipment, required for construction projects.
- Communicate workplace requirements effectively, using appropriate methods and channels to ensure clear understanding and compliance.
Construction Principles Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify different types of construction information used in the industry
- Identify common construction methods used for the structure of a building
- Identify the construction methods involved in the construction of the interior fabric of a building
Employment in the Construction Industry Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the different routes into employment in the construction industry
- Describe direct employment opportunities within construction companies
- Explain the apprenticeship schemes available within the construction industry
- Explain the process of becoming self-employed within the construction industry
- Describe the role of labour hire agencies in the construction industry
- Describe the expectations of employers within the construction industry regarding employee behaviour and performance
- Produce a personal career plan outlining career goals and steps to achieve them
Environmental Awareness and Sustainability in Construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Define environmental awareness and sustainability in the context of construction.
- Explain the impact the construction industry has on the environment, including pollution, resource depletion, and habitat destruction.
- Identify and describe ways to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry, including waste management, energy efficiency, and sustainable materials.
Erect and Dismantle Access Equipment or Working Platforms Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the information required to erect or dismantle access equipment or working platforms.
- Identify equipment required for access.
- Prepare work areas and equipment in order to erect or dismantle access equipment or working platforms.
- Erect and dismantle access equipment and working platforms.
- Complete works following the erection and dismantling of access equipment and working platforms.
Establish Work Area Protection and Safety Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information required in order to provide safe work area protection to a given working area.
- Identify the tools, equipment and ancillary resources required to provide and erect work area protection and safety measures.
- Prepare work areas in order to provide and erect work area protection and safety measures.
- Erect work area protection and safety measures.
- Complete works following both the erection and dismantling of work area protection and safety measures.
Handle, Move and Store Resources Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the information required to move, handle or store resources.
- Identify equipment required for moving, handling or storing resources.
- Prepare work areas and equipment in order to move, handle or store resources.
- Move and handle resources.
- Store resources.
- Complete works following the moving, handling or storage of resources.
Laying Domestic Drainage Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information required to lay domestic drainage systems
- Identify the tools, equipment and materials required to lay domestic drainage systems
- Prepare work areas to enable the laying of domestic drainage systems
- Lay domestic drainage systems to the required specification
- Complete all necessary works following the laying of domestic drainage systems
Laying Modular Paving Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret technical drawings, specifications, and other information required to lay modular paving.
- Identify the correct tools, equipment, and materials required to lay modular paving, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
- Prepare work areas for laying modular paving, including excavation, sub-base preparation, and levelling.
- Lay modular paving to the required standard, ensuring correct alignment, levels, and jointing.
- Complete works following the laying of modular paving, including compaction, joint filling, and cleaning.
Mixing Construction Materials Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the information required in order to mix construction materials.
- Identify the tools, equipment and materials required to mix construction materials.
- Prepare work areas in order to mix construction materials.
- Mix construction materials.
- Complete works following the mixing of construction materials.
Modern Technologies in the Construction Industry Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand what Building Information Modelling is and how it supports the construction industry
- Know about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in construction
- Know about the use of robotics in construction
- Know about the use of virtual and augmented reality in the construction
- Know about the benefits offered by exoskeletons in construction
- Know about the use of offsite manufacturing to the construction industry
Non-Specialist Concrete: Placing and Finishing Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information required to place and finish non-specialist concrete
- Identify the tools, equipment and materials required to place and finish non-specialist concrete
- Prepare work areas to enable the placement and finishing of non-specialist concrete
- Place and finish non-specialist concrete to the required specification
- Complete all necessary works following the placement and finishing of non-specialist concrete
Personal Skills in the Construction Industry Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the importance of teamwork in construction and how to contribute effectively within a team.
- Explain different methods of communication used in the construction industry and demonstrate effective communication skills.
- Identify employer expectations for individuals working in the construction industry, including behaviour, attitude, and work ethic.
The Construction Industry Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the different areas in which the construction industry operates
- Identify the roles involved in the construction industry
- Describe the different stages of a construction project
- Identify the materials used in construction
- Identify the sources of information used in the construction industry
- Describe new technologies used in construction
- Explain the importance of sustainability in construction
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The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Assemble and dismantle access structures in signmaking
- Standard
Carry out mixing in the spirits industry
- Standard
Construct, and comply with, safe access systems in the electricity power utilities environment
- Standard
Protect the managed and natural environment
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Where this can lead
Global Construction Safety Specialist
This work can lead to overseeing safety across several projects, or setting safety standards at a wider level.
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The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NOCN rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Civil Engineering TechnologyConstruction Health and SafetyConstruction Information, Quantities and CommunicationsConstruction PrinciplesEmployment in the Construction IndustryEnvironmental Awareness and Sustainability in ConstructionErect and Dismantle Access Equipment or Working PlatformsEstablish Work Area Protection and Safety
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Assemble and dismantle access structures in signmaking
- Carry out mixing in the spirits industry
- Construct, and comply with, safe access systems in the electricity power utilities environment
- Protect the managed and natural environment
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Civil Engineering Technology, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to interpret technical information and drawings, identify suitable tools, equipment, and materials, and prepare work areas for a variety of civil engineering activities. Learners will gain practical skills to complete tasks safely and to industry standards.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for NOCN Level 2 Diploma in Construction Operations (Civil Engineering)
16 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Civil Engineering Technology
- Construction Health and Safety
- Construction Information, Quantities and Communications
- Construction Principles
- Employment in the Construction Industry
- Environmental Awareness and Sustainability in Construction
and 10 more in the full unit list below.
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