How you’d get it
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.
01What it is
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.
02The units
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Applying coatings by the air spray method in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll gain the skills to apply coatings using the air spray method. The unit covers interpreting project information, selecting appropriate materials, complying with legislation, preparing surfaces, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when applying coatings by the air spray method.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when applying coatings by the air spray method.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when applying coatings by the air spray method.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to apply coatings by the air spray method.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when applying coatings by the air spray method.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when applying coatings by the air spray method.
- Comply with the given contract information to apply coatings by the air spray method to the required specification.
Applying coatings by the airless spray method in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll develop the ability to apply coatings using the airless spray method. The unit covers interpreting work schedules, selecting appropriate resources, preparing surfaces, complying with legislation, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and applying coatings by the airless spray method.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when applying coatings by the airless spray method.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when applying coatings by the airless spray method.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to apply coatings by the airless spray method.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when applying coatings by the airless spray method.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when applying coatings by the airless spray method.
- Comply with the given contract information to apply coatings by the airless spray method to the required specification.
Applying coatings to produce textured finishes in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
It teaches you to apply coatings to produce textured finishes. You'll interpret specifications, select suitable materials, comply with relevant legislation, and maintain safe working practices during the application process.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources required when applying coatings to produce textured finishes.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when applying coatings to produce textured finishes.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when applying coatings to produce textured finishes.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to apply coatings to produce textured finishes.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when applying coatings to produce textured finishes.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when applying coatings to produce textured finishes.
- Comply with the given contract information to apply coatings to produce textured finishes to the required specification.
Applying surface coatings by brush and roller in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit involves the application of paint and coatings using brushes and rollers in a professional environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Learners will demonstrate the ability to apply surface coatings using brushes and rollers.
Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit entails understanding and practicing health, safety, and welfare regulations relevant to the workplace.
What you'll be able to do
- Learners will recognise health and safety requirements in their work environment.
Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit focuses on the best practices for achieving productivity in a professional environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Learners will implement productive practices in their workplace standards.
Erecting and Dismantling Access/Working Platforms in the Workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with the knowledge and skills to erect and dismantle access and working platforms safely. You'll interpret technical information, comply with legislation, maintain safe practices, and manage resources effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when erecting and dismantling access/working platforms.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when erecting and dismantling access/working platforms.
- Maintain safe working practices when erecting and dismantling access/working platforms.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to erect and dismantle access/working platforms.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when erecting and dismantling access/working platforms.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when erecting and dismantling access/working platforms.
- Comply with the given contract information to erect and dismantle access/ working platforms to the required specification.
Hanging non-standard width wallcoverings in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with the skills to hang non-standard width wallcoverings. You'll interpret technical information, select suitable resources, comply with relevant legislation, and maintain safe working practices to ensure effective installation.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when hanging non-standard width wallcoverings.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when hanging non-standard width wallcoverings.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when hanging non-standard width wallcoverings.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to hang non-standard width wallcoverings.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when hanging non-standard width wallcoverings.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when hanging non-standard width wallcoverings.
- Comply with the given contract information to hang non-standard width wallcoverings to the required specification.
Hanging wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers) in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll gain the skills to hang standard and foundation wallcoverings in the workplace. The unit covers interpreting specifications, selecting appropriate materials, complying with building and fire safety regulations, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when hanging wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers).
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when hanging wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers).
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when hanging wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers).
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to hang wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers).
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when hanging wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers).
- Complete the work within the allocated time when hanging wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers).
- Comply with the given contract information to hang wallcoverings (standard and foundation papers) to the required specification.
Installing coving and decorative mouldings in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll gain the knowledge and skills to install coving and decorative mouldings in a workplace setting. The unit focuses on interpreting specifications, selecting suitable resources, complying with legislation, and maintaining safe working practices while minimising damage.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources required when installing coving and decorative mouldings.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when installing coving and decorative mouldings.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when installing coving and decorative mouldings.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to install coving and decorative mouldings.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when installing coving and decorative mouldings.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when installing coving and decorative mouldings.
- Comply with the given contract information to install coving and decorative mouldings to the required specification.
Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit covers the principles and practices for safe and efficient movement, handling, and storage of materials and resources in the workplace.
What you'll be able to do
- Learners will safely manage resources in their workspace environments.
Operating equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll develop the ability to operate equipment supporting abrasive blast cleaning safely and efficiently. The unit includes interpreting work instructions, complying with health, safety and environmental legislation, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when operating equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when operating equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when operating equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to operate equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when operating equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when operating equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner.
- Comply with the given contract information to operate equipment in support of the abrasive blast cleaner to the required specification.
Operating equipment in support of the paint sprayer in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll develop the skills to operate equipment in support of paint spraying activities safely and effectively. The unit covers interpreting work instructions, adhering to health, safety and environmental legislation, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relating to the work and resources when operating equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when operating equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when operating equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Select the required quantity of resources for the methods of work to operate equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Select the required quality of resources for the methods of work to operate equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when operating equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Complete the work within the allocated time when operating equipment in support of the paint sprayer
- Comply with the given contract information to operate equipment in support of the paint sprayer to the required specification
Preparing and Painting Surfaces on Conservation or Restoration Projects in the Workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit equips learners with the skills to interpret work instructions and resource documentation for conservation or restoration painting projects. You'll understand relevant heritage legislation, maintain safe working practices, and select appropriate materials and equipment.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when preparing and painting surfaces on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when preparing and painting surfaces on conservation or restoration projects.
- Maintain safe working practices when preparing and painting surfaces on conservation or restoration projects.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to prepare and paint surfaces on conservation or restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing and painting surfaces on conservation or restoration projects.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing and painting surfaces on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with the given contract information to prepare and paint surfaces on conservation or restoration projects to the required specification.
Preparing surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit equips learners with the knowledge and skills to prepare surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning. You'll interpret work instructions, select suitable resources, comply with relevant legislation, and maintain safe and healthy working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relating to the work and resources when preparing surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when preparing surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to prepare surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning.
- Comply with the given contract information to prepare surfaces by abrasive blast cleaning to the required specification.
Preparing surfaces for painting and/or decorating in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit covers the preparation of surfaces to be painted or decorated in various workplace environments.
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare surfaces effectively for painting and decorating.
Producing and applying complex stencils in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
This unit covers the production and application of complex stencils in the workplace. You'll learn to interpret specifications, select appropriate resources, comply with relevant legislation, and maintain safe and healthy working practices throughout the process.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when producing and applying complex stencils.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when producing and applying complex stencils.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when producing and applying complex stencils.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to produce and apply complex stencils.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when producing and applying complex stencils.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when producing and applying complex stencils.
- Comply with the given contract information to produce and apply complex stencils to the required specification.
Producing broken colour effects in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
You'll learn to produce broken colour effects in coatings. The unit covers interpreting specifications, selecting appropriate resources, complying with legislation, and maintaining safe working practices during the application process.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources required when producing broken colour effects.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when producing broken colour effects.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when applying coatings to produce broken colour effects.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to produce broken colour effects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when producing broken colour effects.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when producing broken colour effects.
- Comply with the given contract information to produce broken colour effects to the required specification.
Producing stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
It teaches you to produce stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates. You'll interpret work specifications, select appropriate materials, comply with relevant legislation, and maintain safe working practices during the production process.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources required when producing stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when producing stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when producing stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to produce stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when producing stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when producing stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates.
- Comply with the given contract information to produce stencilled designs using pre-cut stencil plates to the required specification.
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03The standards
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
Apply coatings for use on film and TV sets by the air spray method for a film or television production
- Standard
Apply coatings for use on film and TV sets by the airless spray method for a film or television production
- Standard
Applying liquid coatings by spray methods
- Standard
Hang hand trimmed wall coverings
- Standard
Hang wallcoverings (specialist papers) for a film or television production
- Standard
Prepare and paint surfaces on conservation or restoration projects
- Standard
Produce and apply complex stencil designs for a film or television production
- Standard
Produce and apply complex stencil designs for a screen production
- Standard
Produce and apply specialist stencilling
- Standard
Signage – carry out spray paint operations
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04The credits
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
Applying coatings by the air spray method in the workplaceApplying coatings by the airless spray method in the workplaceApplying coatings to produce textured finishes in the workplaceApplying surface coatings by brush and roller in the workplaceConforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplaceConforming to productive working practices in the workplaceErecting and Dismantling Access/Working Platforms in the WorkplaceHanging non-standard width wallcoverings in the workplace
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.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration The Navigator Your plan for “Preparing and Painting Surfaces on Conservation or Restoration Projects in the Workplace” assumes the same two people are free in March. What have you seen that makes you slightly uneasy about that?
You One of them has been pulled onto the migration twice already. Probably fine.
The Navigator That is the thread worth pulling. Let us build the version where it happens a third time and find the move that works either way.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Preparing and Painting Surfaces on Conservation or Restoration Projects in the Workplace” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
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.
NOCN Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Decorative Finishing and Industrial Painting Occupations (Construction)
- Apply coatings for use on film and TV sets by the air spray method for a film or television production
- Apply coatings for use on film and TV sets by the airless spray method for a film or television production
- Applying liquid coatings by spray methods
- Hang hand trimmed wall coverings
- Hang wallcoverings (specialist papers) for a film or television production
- Prepare and paint surfaces on conservation or restoration projects
- Produce and apply complex stencil designs for a film or television production
- Produce and apply complex stencil designs for a screen production
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 Applying coatings by the air spray method in the workplace, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
Learners will gain the skills to apply coatings using the air spray method. The unit covers interpreting project information, selecting appropriate materials, complying with legislation, preparing surfaces, and maintaining safe working practices.
How the thinking builds
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for NOCN Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Decorative Finishing and Industrial Painting Occupations (Construction)
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Applying coatings by the air spray method in the workplace
- Applying coatings by the airless spray method in the workplace
- Applying coatings to produce textured finishes in the workplace
- Applying surface coatings by brush and roller in the workplace
- Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
and 13 more in the full unit list below.
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