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 Highfield Qualifications has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Highfield Qualifications awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Highfield Qualifications.
01What it is
Highfield Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations (In-shore Marine) (RQF)
These are the units Highfield Qualifications 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 Highfield Qualifications. It does the teaching and the mapping. Highfield Qualifications 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
Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll understand how to conform to productive working practices by communicating effectively, following organisational procedures for planning work, maintaining records, and sustaining good working relationships within the workplace.
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate with others to establish productive work practices.
- Follow organisational procedures to plan the sequence of work.
- Maintain relevant records in accordance with the organisational procedures.
- Maintain good working relationships when conforming to productive working practices.
Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
It teaches you to move, handle, and store resources safely and effectively. You'll interpret relevant information, comply with legislation and guidance, maintain safe working practices, and select appropriate equipment and methods.
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with given information when moving, handling and/or storing resources
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when moving, handling and/or storing resources
- Maintain safe working practices when moving, handling and/or storing resources
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to move, handle and/or store occupational resources
- Prevent the risk of damage to occupational resources and surrounding environment when moving, handling and/or storing resources
- Complete the work within the allocated time when moving, handling and/or storing resources
- Comply with the given occupational resource information to move, handle and/or store resources to the required guidance
Operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to operate plant or machinery for non-operational activities safely. You'll interpret relevant information, organise work sequences collabouratively, and understand compliance with legislation and safety requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Organise with others the sequence in which the work is to be carried out when operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Comply with relevant, current legislation, special legal status documents, official guidance and organisational procedures when operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to operate plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Complete the work within the allocated time when operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities
- Comply with the given contract information to operate plant or machinery for non-operational activities to the required specification
Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll learn to prepare and operate 360 degree excavators for excavating ground safely. The unit includes interpreting operational information, organising excavating sequences with others, and complying with relevant legislation and safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of 360 degree excavators to carry out excavating operations.
- Organise, with others, the sequence and operation in which extracting operations using 360 degree excavators are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out excavating operations using 360 degree excavators.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out excavating operations using 360 degree excavators.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out excavating operations using 360 degree excavators.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and excavating materials.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and excavating materials.
- Comply with the given contract information to excavate materials using 360 degree excavators to the required specification.
Preparing and operating boom-type mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP) in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
It teaches you to prepare and operate boom-type mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) safely. You'll interpret safety information, organise accessing operations collabouratively, and comply with relevant legislation and guidance.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the preparation and using of boom-type MEWPs to access areas to carry out the work
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which accessing operations using boom-type MEWPs are to be carried out
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out accessing operations using boom-type MEWPs
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out accessing operations using boom-type MEWPs
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out accessing operations using boom-type MEWPs
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and accessing work areas
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and accessing work areas using boom-type MEWPs
- Comply with the given contract information to access areas to carry out work using boom-type MEWPs to the required specification
Preparing and operating compact cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll develop the ability to prepare and operate compact cranes to lift, transfer, and place loads safely. The unit includes interpreting operational information, organising lifting sequences with others, and complying with relevant legislation and guidance.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of compact cranes to lift, transfer and place loads
- Organise the sequence and operation of lifting operations using compact cranes with others
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using compact cranes
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using compact cranes
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using compact cranes
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer and place loads using compact cranes to the required specification
Preparing and operating crawler cranes (above 10 tonnes) to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the preparation and operation of crawler cranes (above 10 tonnes) for lifting and transferring loads. You'll interpret operational information, organise lifting sequences with others, and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidance.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of crawler cranes to lift, transfer and place loads.
- Organise, in collaboration with others, the sequence and operation in which lifting operations using crawler cranes are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using crawler cranes.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using crawler cranes.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using crawler cranes.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads using crawler cranes.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads using crawler cranes.
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer and place loads using crawler cranes to the required specification.
Preparing and operating draglines to excavate ground materials in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll develop the ability to prepare and operate draglines for excavating ground materials safely. The unit includes interpreting operational information, organising excavating sequences collabouratively, and complying with legislation and safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of draglines to carry out excavating operations.
- Organise, with others, the sequence and operation in which excavating operations using draglines are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out excavating operations using draglines.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out excavating operations using draglines.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out excavating operations using draglines.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and excavating materials.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and excavating materials.
- Comply with the given contract information to excavate materials using draglines to the required specification.
Preparing and operating excavator cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll gain knowledge and skills to prepare and operate excavator cranes safely for lifting and transferring loads. The unit includes interpreting documentation, effective communication, and organising lifting operations in compliance with legislation.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relating to the preparation and use of excavator cranes to lift, transfer and place loads
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which lifting operations using excavator cranes are to be carried out
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using excavator cranes
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using excavator cranes
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using excavator cranes
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer and place loads using excavator cranes to the required specification
Preparing and operating lorry loaders or knuckle booms to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll learn to prepare and operate lorry loaders or knuckle booms safely. The unit includes interpreting operational information, organising lifting sequences collabouratively, and adhering to legislation and safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relating to the preparation and use of lorry loaders/knuckle booms to lift, transfer and place loads.
- Organise, with others, the sequence and operation in which lifting operations using lorry loaders/knuckle booms are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using lorry loaders/knuckle booms.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using lorry loaders/knuckle booms.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using lorry loaders/knuckle booms.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads.
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer and place loads using lorry loaders/knuckle booms to the required specification.
Preparing and operating mobile cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit equips learners with knowledge and skills to prepare and operate mobile cranes for lifting and transferring loads. You'll interpret operational information, coordinate lifting operations, and ensure compliance with legislation and official guidance.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of mobile cranes for lifting, transferring, and placing loads.
- Organise, in collaboration with others, the sequence and operation of lifting operations using mobile cranes.
- Know and apply relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using mobile cranes.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using mobile cranes.
- Request and select the appropriate quantity and quality of resources needed to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using mobile cranes.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing for, lifting, and transferring loads with mobile cranes.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing for, lifting, and transferring loads with mobile cranes.
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer, and place loads using mobile cranes to the required specification.
Preparing and operating plant or machinery from a floating vessel in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll gain the skills to prepare and operate plant or machinery from a floating vessel safely. The unit covers interpreting operational information, organising work sequences with others, and complying with relevant legislation and safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to preparing and operating plant or machinery from a floating vessel.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which plant or machinery operations from a floating vessel are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out plant or machinery operations from a floating vessel.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out plant or machinery operations from a floating vessel.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out plant or machinery operations from a floating vessel.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when carrying out plant or machinery operations from a floating vessel.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and carrying out work from a floating vessel.
- Comply with the given contract information to carry out plant or machinery operations from a floating vessel to the required specification.
Preparing and operating powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
You'll gain the skills to prepare and operate powered units, tools, or pedestrian plant and machinery safely. The unit covers interpreting information, complying with legislation and guidance, and maintaining equipment according to safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance to prepare and use powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and using powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and sustain powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and using powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and using powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment
- Comply with the given contract information to operate powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment to the required specification
Preparing and operating remote controlled tower cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit covers the preparation and operation of remote controlled tower cranes for lifting and transferring loads. You'll interpret safety information, organise lifting operations with others, and comply with relevant legislation and guidance.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret information relating to the preparation and use of remote controlled tower cranes to lift, transfer and place loads
- Organise the sequence and operation of lifting operations using remote controlled tower cranes with others
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using remote controlled tower cranes
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using remote controlled tower cranes
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using remote controlled tower cranes
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer and place loads using remote controlled tower cranes to the required specification
Preparing and operating telescopic handlers to lift and transfer loads in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit provides learners with the knowledge to prepare and operate telescopic handlers for lifting and transferring loads. You'll interpret documentation, understand control and safety devices, and organise lifting operations while complying with relevant legislation.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the preparation and use of telescopic handlers to lift, transfer and place loads
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which lifting operations using telescopic handlers are to be carried out
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when lifting and transferring loads using telescopic handlers
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using telescopic handlers
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out telescopic handler operations
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and lifting and transferring loads
- Comply with the given contract information to lift, transfer and place loads using telescopic handlers to the required specification
Preparing and operating trailer-mounted concrete pumps to receive, pump and discharge materials in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit provides learners with the skills to prepare and operate trailer-mounted concrete pumps for receiving, pumping, and discharging materials. You'll interpret information, organise operations with others, and comply with relevant legislation and guidance.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the preparation and use of concrete pumps to carry out pumping and discharging operations.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which pumping and discharging operations using concrete pumps are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out pumping and discharging operations using concrete pumps.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out pumping operations using concrete pumps.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out pumping operations using concrete pumps.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and pumping materials using concrete pumps.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and pumping and discharging materials using concrete pumps.
- Comply with the given contract information to receive, pump and discharge materials using concrete pumps to the required specification.
Preparing and operating truck-mounted boom concrete pumps to receive, pump and discharge materials in the workplace Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
This unit equips learners to prepare and operate truck-mounted boom concrete pumps safely. You'll interpret operational information, organise pumping and discharging sequences collabouratively, and comply with relevant legislation and safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relating to the preparation and use of concrete pumps to carry out pumping and discharging operations.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which pumping and discharging operations using concrete pumps are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out pumping and discharging operations using concrete pumps.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when preparing for and carrying out pumping operations using concrete pumps.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out pumping operations using concrete pumps.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when preparing to and pumping materials using concrete pumps.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when preparing to and pumping and discharging materials using concrete pumps.
- Comply with the given contract information to receive, pump and discharge materials using concrete pumps 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
Carry out derrick operations in support of drilling
- Standard
Contribute to helicopter handling operations
- Standard
Contribute to helicopter refuelling operations
- Standard
Dredge for aggregates
- Standard
Lift, transfer and position loads
- Standard
Lift, transfer and position loads in offshore crane operations
- Standard
Operate specialised plant and machinery to performance requirements (lifting and transferring) in offshore crane operations
- Standard
Prepare vessel for marine aggregate extraction
- Standard
Rig Remote Heads and Systems Legacy
- Standard
Rig camera cranes and jib arms
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04The credits
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Highfield Qualifications 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
Conforming to productive working practices in the workplaceMoving, handling and storing resources in the workplaceOperating plant or machinery for non-operational activities in the workplacePreparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplacePreparing and operating boom-type mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP) in the workplacePreparing and operating compact cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplacePreparing and operating crawler cranes (above 10 tonnes) to lift and transfer loads in the workplacePreparing and operating draglines to excavate ground materials 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 “Operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities 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 “Operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities 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.
Highfield Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations (In-shore Marine) (RQF)
- Carry out derrick operations in support of drilling
- Contribute to helicopter handling operations
- Contribute to helicopter refuelling operations
- Dredge for aggregates
- Lift, transfer and position loads
- Lift, transfer and position loads in offshore crane operations
- Operate specialised plant and machinery to performance requirements (lifting and transferring) in offshore crane operations
- Prepare vessel for marine aggregate extraction
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 Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
Learners will understand how to conform to productive working practices by communicating effectively, following organisational procedures for planning work, maintaining records, and sustaining good working relationships within the workplace.
How the thinking builds
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time. Teaching towards this qualification begins when you subscribe.
Built for Highfield Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations (In-shore Marine) (RQF)
17 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Highfield Qualifications.
- Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
- Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
- Operating plant or machinery for non-operational activities in the workplace
- Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplace
- Preparing and operating boom-type mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP) in the workplace
- Preparing and operating compact cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
and 11 more in the full unit list below.
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