NOCN · RQF Level 6
NOCN Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management (Construction)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 6
- Total credits115
- Guided learning510 hours
- Units in this qualification23
Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Controlling contract work in the workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Optimise contract progress.
- Control contract costs.
Planning surveys in the workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 workplaceReal 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 honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 6 credits are regulated. 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’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- 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
Where this can lead
Supplier Development Manager
This role is a fantastic launchpad for a long and impactful career in supply chain. It's challenging, rewarding, and you'll learn a huge amount that will serve you well, no matter where you decide to go next.
See the whole journey →Showing 4 roles, drawn from 6 job records mapped to this qualification.
Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
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.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
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.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
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.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.