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, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Controlling contract work in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Control contract work to ensure adherence to agreed contract quality standards and guidance
- Maintain contract and statutory compliance throughout the duration of the contract work
Coordinating project designs in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand project design coordination.
- Demonstrate coordination of project designs effectively.
Developing a procurement plan and optimising supplier and service provider performance in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse supply requirements to determine the necessary goods and services for project execution.
- Develop a procurement plan that outlines the strategies and processes for acquiring goods and services efficiently and effectively.
- Monitor the implementation of the procurement plan, tracking progress against key performance indicators and addressing any deviations.
- Optimise supplier and service provider performance through effective contract management, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Developing a programme of works and a procurement programme in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a programme of works
- Develop a procurement programme
Developing and maintaining working relationships in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Develop working relationships
- Maintain working relationships
- Practice in an ethical manner
Developing and maintaining working relationships in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the importance of professional relationships.
- Demonstrate skills for maintaining professional relationships.
Establishing the condition of property in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand property condition assessment methodologies.
- Conduct property assessments competently.
Evaluating enquiries and submitting tenders in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate tender enquiry documentation thoroughly to understand project requirements and assess feasibility
- Finalise and submit a tender that is compliant with the enquiry documentation and reflects the organisation's capabilities
Evaluating work methods and developing a programme of works in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate and select suitable work methods based on project requirements, resource constraints, and safety considerations.
- Develop a comprehensive programme of works, outlining tasks, timelines, and resource allocation for effective project management.
Identifying, assessing and evaluating project requirements in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand project evaluation methodologies.
- Assess and document project requirements efficiently.
Implementing strategic and integrated supply chain management and sourcing partnerships in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the benefits and risks associated with strategic sourcing initiatives, considering factors such as cost savings, quality improvements, and supply chain resilience.
- Agree on the implementation of strategic sourcing arrangements with key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.
- Implement alignment of systems to facilitate effective communication, data sharing, and collaboration across the supply chain.
- Monitor and control supply chain arrangements to ensure performance targets are met and risks are effectively managed.
Leading meetings and taking decisions in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Organise and prepare meetings effectively, including setting agendas and distributing relevant information
- Lead meetings in a professional and productive manner, facilitating discussion and ensuring objectives are met
- Take decisions and process actions arising from meetings, ensuring timely and appropriate follow-up
Leading meetings and taking decisions in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of effective meetings.
- Lead meetings effectively and make informed decisions.
Maintaining construction health, safety and welfare systems in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Establish a culture of health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace
- Identify and implement opportunities for improvements to health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace
- Ensure that an organisational system or procedure is implemented for the selection of personnel
- Ensure that personnel selected are competent for the role
- Implement systems which meet organisational and statutory requirements for identifying hazards
- Implement systems which meet organisational and statutory requirements for reporting accidents and emergencies
- Implement systems which meet organisational and statutory requirements for preventing reoccurrence of accidents and emergencies
- Check health, safety and welfare systems regularly, in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements
- Identify and record any special workplace conditions and situations which do not comply with health and safety requirements
- Take appropriate action to address any special workplace conditions and situations which do not comply with health and safety requirements
- Make recommendations for improving the work environment clearly and promptly to the appropriate people
- Identify hazards in the workplace arising from construction work products, processes and equipment
- Assess risks in the workplace arising from construction work products, processes and equipment
- Identify methods and procedures to reduce risk in the workplace
- Implement methods and procedures to reduce risk in the workplace
Maintaining construction health, safety and welfare systems in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of health, safety, and welfare in construction operations.
- Demonstrate the ability to maintain health and safety systems.
Managing the performance of teams and individuals in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Allocate work to teams
- Allocate work to individuals
- Agree work plans with teams
- Agree work plans with individuals
- Assess the performance of teams
- Assess the performance of individuals
- Provide feedback on performance to teams
- Provide feedback on performance to individuals
Managing the performance of teams and individuals in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand performance management techniques.
- Demonstrate effective management of team performance.
Managing your personal development in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand personal development planning.
- Implement personal development strategies effectively.
Obtaining tenders and appointing contractors in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Shortlist tenderers based on pre-defined criteria and project requirements
- Select appropriate documents for the tendering process, ensuring clarity and completeness
- Obtain tenders from shortlisted contractors, adhering to established procedures
- Evaluate tenders against specified criteria and appoint contractors based on the evaluation outcome
Optimising contract progress and controlling costs in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Optimise contract progress.
- Control contract costs.
Planning surveys in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand survey planning processes.
- Plan and execute effective surveys.
Preparing and agreeing interim valuations, entitlements and final accounts in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare interim valuations and final accounts accurately, adhering to relevant accounting standards and contractual agreements.
- Agree interim valuations and final accounts with relevant stakeholders, addressing any discrepancies or concerns.
- Process entitlements for reimbursement for loss and expense, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and organisational policies.
Specifying production document requirements and ensuring the control and maintenance of project information in the workplace Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Specify production document requirements in accordance with organisational procedures and project needs
- Monitor and control the preparation of prescriptive specifications to ensure accuracy and compliance
- Control and maintain project information effectively, ensuring accessibility and security
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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Build teams and allocate work to team members
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Commission projects to develop the supply chain
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Contribute to the preparation of a specification for the procurement of goods, services or works
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Control contract work
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Coordinate project designs
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Develop Codes of Conduct and Procedures for the Health and Welfare of Expedition Members
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Develop a procurement plan and optimise supplier and service provider performance
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Develop a programme of works and a procurement programme
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Develop and Disseminate the Specification for the Procurement of Goods, Services or Works
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Develop and implement a plan for appropriate cost effective category management expenditure
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Develop, implement and monitor plans for ethical employment and working practices with suppliers
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Evaluate enquiries and submit tenders in construction contracting operations management
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Evaluate work methods and develop a programme of works
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Implement resource efficient procurement processes in conservation
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Implement strategic and integrated supply chain management and sourcing partnerships
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Influence the behaviour of the building products workforce
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Lead the work of teams and individuals to achieve objectives
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Lead the work of teams and individuals to achieve their objectives
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The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Supplier Development Manager
This role can lead to managing a team of supplier development staff, or into a director role covering supplier development and quality across a wider business.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 6 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
Controlling contract work in the workplaceCoordinating project designs in the workplaceDeveloping a procurement plan and optimising supplier and service provider performance in the workplaceDeveloping a programme of works and a procurement programme in the workplaceDeveloping and maintaining working relationships in the workplaceDeveloping and maintaining working relationships in the workplaceEstablishing the condition of property in the workplaceEvaluating enquiries and submitting tenders 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 Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Evaluating enquiries and submitting tenders in the workplace” 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 “Coordinating project designs 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.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Preparing and agreeing interim valuations, entitlements and final accounts in the workplace” 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.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Evaluating work methods and developing a programme of works in the workplace” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
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.
- Build teams and allocate work to team members
- Commission projects to develop the supply chain
- Contribute to the preparation of a specification for the procurement of goods, services or works
- Control contract work
- Coordinate project designs
- Develop Codes of Conduct and Procedures for the Health and Welfare of Expedition Members
- Develop a procurement plan and optimise supplier and service provider performance
- Develop a programme of works and a procurement programme
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 Controlling contract work in the workplace, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit provides learners with knowledge to control contract work by monitoring quality standards, implementing quality control procedures, and supporting contractors to maintain compliance. Learners will also ensure adherence to contract and statutory requirements throughout.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for NOCN Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management (Construction)
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Controlling contract work in the workplace
- Coordinating project designs in the workplace
- Developing a procurement plan and optimising supplier and service provider performance in the workplace
- Developing a programme of works and a procurement programme in the workplace
- Developing and maintaining working relationships in the workplace
- Establishing the condition of property in the workplace
and 13 more in the full unit list below.
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