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How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. 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.
  3. The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.

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01What it is

Qualification Number 610/3883/0 Total Qualification Time (TQT) 850 Credits 85 Minimum Age 19 Level Level 3 Registration Start Date 1/8/2025 Current Tariff £127.00 The purpose of this qualification is to equip learners with the knowledge and understanding to progress on to a higher level supervisory or management qualifications e.g., Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision or progress into employment in their chosen trade. Employment opportunities could include: • Craft Bricklayer • Construction Supervisor / Team leader

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

Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction Environment Real unit · NOCN
You'll learn to communicate effectively and manage quantities and costings in a construction environment. The unit covers producing and interpreting construction information and drawings, estimating materials and prices, and maintaining positive working relationships.

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce and interpret relevant construction information
  • Use construction drawings
  • Estimate quantities of materials for construction projects
  • Estimate the price for construction projects
  • Communicate effectively in a construction environment
  • Build and maintain positive working relationships
Constructing Decorative Brickwork Real unit · NOCN
You'll learn to construct decorative brickwork by interpreting relevant information and preparing work areas and resources. The unit covers constructing decorative finishes and features while meeting aesthetic requirements and completing works to appropriate standards.

What you'll be able to do

  • Interpret the information required to construct decorative finishes and features
  • Prepare the work area to construct decorative finishes and features
  • Prepare the resources to construct decorative finishes and features
  • Construct decorative finishes and features
  • Complete works following construction of decorative finishes and features
Constructing Complex Masonry Structures Real unit · NOCN
It teaches you to construct complex masonry structures by interpreting drawings and specifications, preparing work areas and resources, and completing works safely. You'll adhere to health and safety regulations and quality standards throughout the construction process.

What you'll be able to do

  • Interpret the information required to construct complex masonry structures
  • Prepare the work area to construct complex masonry structures
  • Prepare the resources to construct complex masonry structures
  • Construct complex masonry structures
  • Complete works following construction of complex masonry structures
Construction Health and Safety Real unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with knowledge of health and safety in the construction industry. It covers relevant legislation, organisational policies, hazard identification, risk control, incident reporting, personal responsibilities, welfare, first aid, and site security.

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.
Craft Bricklaying Knowledge Real unit · NOCN
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of bricklaying, including materials, key principles, standards, and heritage considerations. The unit covers working with bricklaying stock, understanding bonding techniques, quality assurance, and the importance of proper storage and handling.

What you'll be able to do

  • Work with bricklaying stock (components and materials).
  • Know the key principles of bricklaying used in building construction.
  • Know the standards, regulations and quality assurance requirements applicable to bricklaying.
  • Know the heritage principles applicable to bricklaying.
  • Construct fireplaces and chimneys.
Sustainable Construction Real unit · NOCN
This unit equips learners with knowledge to analyse the environmental, technical, social, and economic impacts of construction. You'll understand sustainable construction practices, modern methods, and the use of sustainable materials to reduce environmental impact and support sustainability.

What you'll be able to do

  • Analyse the impacts that construction has on the environment.
  • Know the technical aspects of construction related to sustainability.
  • Know the modern methods of construction used in the industry.
  • Know how construction can affect social and economic sustainability.
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03Where it leads

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.

Showing 6 roles, drawn from 29 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.

Where this can lead

Construction Safety Specialist

This work can lead to managing safety across a whole site, then across several projects in a region, and on to setting safety strategy for a division.

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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 3 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

Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction EnvironmentConstructing Decorative BrickworkConstructing Complex Masonry StructuresConstruction Health and SafetyCraft Bricklaying KnowledgeSustainable 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 The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach Rather than work through “Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction Environment” in the abstract, bring me the piece of it you are dealing with this week.
You I have got the write-up due Friday and I have not started it.
The Coach Then that is the lesson. Tell me what it has to say, and we will get the shape of it down before we worry about the words.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Bring the real thing Apply

    “Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction Environment” is taught against the work in front of you rather than a worked example. You bring what you are doing this week and it becomes the practice.

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 Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction Environment, one of this qualification's own units.

Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction Environment Level 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Which job do you mean?
Construction Safety SpecialistGlobal Construction Safety SpecialistAssociate Construction Safety SpecialistAssociate Global Construction Safety SpecialistSafety CoordinatorConstruction Safety Director

Learners will develop skills to communicate effectively and manage quantities and costings in a construction environment. The unit covers producing and interpreting construction information and drawings, estimating materials and prices, and maintaining positive working relationships.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

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Your Plan Illustration

Built for NOCN Level 3 Diploma for Craft Bricklayers

6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.

  1. Communication, Quantities, Costings and Information in a Construction Environment
  2. Constructing Decorative Brickwork
  3. Constructing Complex Masonry Structures
  4. Construction Health and Safety
  5. Craft Bricklaying Knowledge
  6. Sustainable Construction
These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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