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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer GQA Qualifications Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and GQA Qualifications Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from GQA Qualifications Limited.
This NVQ diploma is aimed at individuals working in construction contracting operations. It allows candidates to demonstrate competence in areas such as preparing drawings, estimates, and tenders. Furthermore, it covers developing working relationships and monitoring material supplies within the building and construction sector.
These are the units GQA Qualifications Limited 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, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with GQA Qualifications Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. GQA Qualifications Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Assess and identify appropriate work methods for construction projects.
- Explain how to assess and identify appropriate work methods for construction projects.
- Develop project programming and resourcing plans.
- Explain how to develop project programming and resourcing plans.
- Monitor project progress against agreed programmes, identifying deviations and implementing corrective actions.
- Explain how to monitor project progress against agreed programmes, identifying deviations and implementing corrective actions.
Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders
- Explain the processes involved in developing and maintaining relationships with people in a construction environment
- Optimise personal resources, including time, skills, and knowledge, to meet objectives effectively
- Explain the processes involved in optimising your own resources to meet objectives
- Undertake personal development activities to enhance skills and knowledge in the occupational practice area
- Explain the processes involved in undertaking personal development in the occupational practice area
Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Apply dimensional control criteria in construction projects.
- Explain how to apply dimensional control criteria in construction projects.
- Maintain the dimensional accuracy of construction works.
- Explain how to maintain the dimensional accuracy of construction works.
Implement contract work in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Control work against agreed contract quality standards in a construction project.
- Understand how to control work against agreed contract quality standards in a construction project.
- Maintain contract compliance with statutory and contractual requirements in a construction project.
- Understand how to maintain contract compliance with statutory and contractual requirements in a construction project.
Integrate and control project design information in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Implement project documentation systems to ensure effective information management.
- Understand the principles and procedures for implementing project documentation systems.
- Integrate and evaluate project design information from various sources to ensure consistency and accuracy.
- Understand the methods for integrating and evaluating project design information, including clash detection and design reviews.
Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and monitor requirements for suppliers to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of materials
- Explain the processes involved in identifying and monitoring requirements for materials supply
- Maintain and record supplies of materials accurately to meet project requirements and minimise waste
- Explain the processes involved in maintaining and recording supplies of materials to meet project requirements
- Contribute to improvements in supplier performance by providing feedback and identifying areas for improvement
- Explain the processes involved in contributing to improvements in supplier performance
Operate Health, Safety and Welfare Systems in Construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate health, safety and welfare systems in a construction workplace.
- Explain how to operate health, safety and welfare systems in a construction workplace.
- Identify hazards and assess risks in a construction workplace.
- Explain how to identify hazards and assess risks in a construction workplace.
Operate project information systems in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Operate project information systems in construction to manage and share project data.
- Explain how to operate project information systems in construction to manage and share project data.
Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor contract quantities and costs to ensure projects remain within budget.
- Understand the methods for monitoring contract quantities and costs, including cost reports and variance analysis.
- Prepare interim valuations and final accounts for construction projects.
- Understand the principles and procedures for preparing interim valuations and final accounts.
- Identify and record income and expenditure related to construction projects.
- Understand the different types of income and expenditure and how to record them accurately.
- Prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense incurred during construction projects.
- Understand how to prepare information for claims for reimbursement for loss and expense, including supporting documentation.
Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify potential tenderers for a construction project.
- Understand how to identify potential tenderers for a construction project.
- Prepare and issue tender documents for a construction project.
- Understand how to prepare and issue tender documents for a construction project.
- Check tenders received for a construction project.
- Understand how to check tenders received for a construction project.
Prepare drawings and schedules in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare construction drawings in accordance with industry standards and project requirements
- Identify and utilise relevant information to support the preparation of construction drawings
- Prepare construction schedules that accurately reflect project timelines and resource allocation
- Explain the processes involved in preparing construction drawings and associated information
- Explain the processes involved in preparing construction schedules
Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation to determine project scope and requirements
- Explain the processes involved in evaluating estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation
- Calculate quantities, resources and costs accurately within a tender, using appropriate methods and data
- Explain the processes involved in calculating quantities, resources and costs within a tender
- Collate and present tender information in a clear, concise, and professional manner
- Explain the processes involved in collating and presenting tender information
Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for physical testing in construction by ensuring equipment is calibrated and safety procedures are followed
- Explain the processes involved in preparing for physical testing
- Carry out physical testing procedures accurately and safely, adhering to relevant standards and guidelines
- Explain the processes involved in carrying out physical testing
- Present test results clearly and concisely, using appropriate formats and terminology
- Explain the processes involved in presenting test results
Prepare for work operations in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Review construction phase information to identify potential risks and opportunities.
- Understand the types of construction phase information available and how to interpret them.
- Prepare for site operations, including resource allocation and risk assessment.
- Understand the factors to consider when preparing for site operations, including safety, environmental impact, and logistics.
- Implement and control work operations to ensure they are carried out safely and efficiently.
- Understand the methods for implementing and controlling work operations, including supervision, communication, and quality control.
Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to carry out surveys in a construction environment.
- Understand how to prepare to carry out surveys in a construction environment.
- Carry out surveys in a construction environment.
- Understand how to carry out surveys in a construction environment.
- Present survey data collected from a construction environment.
- Understand how to present survey data collected from a construction environment.
Prepare programmes and schedules of work in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain the information needed to take critical decisions relating to programmes and schedules of work in construction.
- Understand how to obtain the information needed to take critical decisions relating to programmes and schedules of work in construction.
- Confirm project requirements for programmes and schedules of work in construction.
- Understand how to confirm project requirements for programmes and schedules of work in construction.
- Prepare a work schedule for a construction project.
- Understand how to prepare a work schedule for a construction project.
Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and present proposals for the provision of products and services in construction projects.
- Understand the key elements of a successful proposal, including pricing, scope of work, and timelines.
- Review and finalise proposals for the provision of products and services, ensuring they meet client requirements.
- Understand the process for reviewing and finalising proposals, including negotiation and contract terms.
- Obtain and evaluate feedback on proposals to improve future submissions.
- Understand how to obtain and evaluate feedback information from clients and stakeholders.
Recommend and monitor supplies of plant and equipment in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and recommend appropriate plant and equipment for construction projects.
- Understand the factors to consider when identifying and recommending plant and equipment, including cost, suitability, and availability.
- Monitor the performance of plant and equipment supplied to ensure it meets project requirements.
- Understand how to monitor the economic performance of plant and equipment supplied, including fuel consumption, maintenance costs, and downtime.
Record the condition of property in construction Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm a condition survey process for a property.
- Explain how to confirm a condition survey process for a property.
- Inspect the condition of a property, identifying defects and areas of concern.
- Explain how to inspect the condition of a property, identifying defects and areas of concern.
- Prepare and present condition survey reports and records, accurately documenting findings.
- Explain how to prepare and present condition survey reports and records, accurately documenting findings.
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.
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Develop, negotiate and agree proposals to offer services and products
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Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works
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Implement Contract Work in Construction
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Integrate and control project design information in construction
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Operate project information systems in construction
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Prepare Asbestos Survey Reports and Records
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Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction
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Prepare drawings and schedules in built environment design
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Prepare drawings and schedules in construction
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Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction
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Prepare for Work Operations in Construction
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Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction
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Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction
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Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction
- Standard
Record the condition of property in construction
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Review drawings to prepare specifications of security devices and door hardware
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Use technical information systems and information technology
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited 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
Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in constructionDevelop and maintain working relationships and personal development in constructionEstablish and maintain the dimensional control of construction worksImplement contract work in constructionIntegrate and control project design information in constructionMonitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in constructionOperate Health, Safety and Welfare Systems in ConstructionOperate project information systems in construction
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 Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Rehearse the conversation Apply
“Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction” is a conversation before it is a document. You have it with Zavmo playing the other person, badly at first, then again once you know what you actually want to say.
- Pitch it Evaluate
“Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in construction” 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.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
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.
- Develop, negotiate and agree proposals to offer services and products
- Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works
- Implement Contract Work in Construction
- Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Operate project information systems in construction
- Prepare Asbestos Survey Reports and Records
- Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction
- Prepare drawings and schedules in built environment design
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 Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in construction, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit enables learners to assess and identify suitable work methods, develop project programming and resourcing plans, and monitor progress against agreed schedules. Learners will evaluate methods and resources to ensure effective project delivery.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for GQA Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations (Construction)
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited.
- Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in construction
- Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction
- Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works
- Implement contract work in construction
- Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction
and 13 more in the full unit list below.
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