Engineering Construction Industry Training Board · RQF Level 6
ECITB Level 6 Diploma in Advanced Project Controls Practice and Techniques (RQF)
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- LevelRQF Level 6
- Total credits97
- Guided learning761 hours
- Units in this qualification14
Awarded by Engineering Construction Industry Training Board · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Aimed at those in the engineering sector, this occupational diploma develops advanced project controls practice and techniques. Learners will gain skills in estimating, optimisation, communication, forecasting, and performance monitoring. The qualification enables individuals to influence project decisions and improve project outcomes.
These are the units Engineering Construction Industry Training Board 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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Applying change control processes and managementReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Apply change control processes to support project control delivery, taking into account the appropriate commercial arrangements, and justify actions taken
- Implement planned and unplanned project controls-related changes to meet project and organisational requirements in a controlled and coordinated manner appropriate to the change scale
Applying cost engineering practice to set budgets and cost baselinesReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Set a budget and cost baseline that meet the requirements of an agreed project scope.
- Develop a risk and contingency budget and drawdown plan.
- Provide confidence in budget and cost baseline information and related recommendations.
- Demonstrate insight into the other project control functions and how cost engineering should interact to meet requirements.
Applying data-centric execution and analyticsReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Critique a data system used within a project control environment and recommend how it may be improved to achieve better control-related outcomes
- Critique breakdown structures and coding structures and recommend how they may be improved to achieve better control-related outcomes
Applying estimating practice to meet requirementsReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Develop estimates (time and cost) that meet the requirements of the project
- Determine the accuracy of estimates (time and cost) and estimating information by using estimating assurance techniques
- Provide confidence in estimating information and related recommendations by providing and justifying associated estimating narratives and frameworks
- Demonstrate insight into the other project control functions and how estimating should interact to meet requirements
Applying integrated project controls practiceReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a time and cost estimate that meets requirements of a project.
- Develop a project plan and schedule that meet requirements of a project.
- Establish a budget and cost baseline that meets requirements of a project.
- Provide confidence in project controls information by using assurance techniques and justifying associated narrative.
- Demonstrate insight into the project control functions and how all functions should interact to meet requirements.
Applying optimisation and performance improvementReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and carry out optimisation and performance improvement
Applying planning and scheduling practice to meet requirementsReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a project plan that meets the specified requirements of the project
- Develop a schedule that reflects the project plan by integrating required events, activities and resources with credible logic flow, sequences and durations
- Provide confidence in scheduling information and related recommendations using scheduling assurance techniques and scheduling narratives
- Demonstrate insight into the other project control functions and how planning and scheduling should interact to meet the project requirements
Communicating to advise and influence project decisionsReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Build a co-operative network of stakeholders to support delivery of project controls outcomes
- Collaborate and interact with stakeholders in order to deliver project controls outcomes and build co-operative relationships, including adapting stakeholder interaction in different and evolving circumstances
Controlling uncertainties with project risk and assumption managementReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Identify, analyse and evaluate relevant risks and assumptions to determine the potential impact on project control-related activities
- Recommend project controls-related mitigation and control measures to ensure relevant risks and assumptions are built into project controls activities
Defining requirements and preparing a project controls planReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare a project controls plan that meets the requirements of a project specification
- Recommend project controls requirements to meet the needs of the project
Developing own professional competenceReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate, maintain and review a personal professional development plan
- Critique how project controls activities can be applied to support governance requirements
- Make recommendations based on current good practice to support continuous improvement and lessons learned for project controls practice within your own organisation
- Critique the approach taken to digital engineering and data analytics to underpin project controls delivery within your own organisation and recommend and justify improvements to achieve better control outcomes now and potentially in the future
- Recommend project controls activities that could be implemented to support the drive towards net zero carbon/environmental sustainability
- Produce and present a summary report of all recommendations made within unit APC01
Forecasting to influence future conditionsReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Forecast future project conditions and make recommendations.
- Produce what-if forecasts for different scenarios and recommend courses of action based on these.
- Prepare forecasting data and information for stakeholder communication.
Managing commercial and contractual arrangementsReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare project controls content for use in contracts, bid and tender management and procurement.
- Critique bid, tender, contractual and procurement information from a project controls perspective, and make recommendations.
- Support claim management and dispute resolution from a project controls perspective (including change management).
Monitoring and controlling progress and performanceReal unit · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
What you'll be able to do
- Track and monitor the progress and performance of project elements.
- Analyse data to uncover patterns and trends, including making comparisons between planned and actual progress and performance.
- Interpret and evaluate patterns and trends in datasets to provide insights into progress and performance.
- Make recommendations, as appropriate, for maintaining progress and performance or for project recovery.
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Where these credits take you
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- Build and implement data processing systems
- Maintain communication with project stakeholders
- Monitor and control project scope
- Monitor and control the delivery of an IT project
- Monitor the achievement of project tasks
Where this can lead
Manager, Commercial Contracts
Your journey here isn't just about managing contracts; it's about becoming a commercial leader who can shape the future of our business. We're investing in you for the long haul, and we expect you to bring that same long-term vision to your career with us. The opportunities are vast, and we're excited to see where you take it.
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Skills it covers
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How you’ll actually learn this
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Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit equips learners to apply change control processes to manage project scope, schedule, and budget changes. Learners will justify actions taken, considering commercial arrangements, and implement both planned and unplanned changes in a controlled and coordinated manner.
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- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ECITB Level 6 Diploma in Advanced Project Controls Practice and Techniques (RQF)
14 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.
- Applying change control processes and management
- Applying cost engineering practice to set budgets and cost baselines
- Applying data-centric execution and analytics
- Applying estimating practice to meet requirements
- Applying integrated project controls practice
- Applying optimisation and performance improvement
and 8 more in the full unit list below.
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- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
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Why it sticks
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- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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