How you’d get this certificate
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- 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.
We offer a wide range of Construction certificates and diplomas. These include level 2, 3, 4 and 7 qualifications.
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, 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 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.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Assess work methods in construction projects
- Identify work methods in construction projects
- Understand how to assess work methods in construction projects
- Understand how to identify work methods in construction projects
- Develop project programming for construction projects
- Develop resourcing for construction projects
- Understand how to develop project programming for construction projects
- Understand how to develop resourcing for construction projects
- Monitor project progress against agreed programmes in construction projects
- Understand how to monitor project progress against agreed programmes in construction projects
Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain relationships with people.
- Understand how to develop and maintain relationships with people.
- Optimise your own resources to meet objectives.
- Understand how to optimise your own resources to meet objectives.
- Undertake personal development in the occupational practice area.
- Understand how to undertake personal development in the occupational practice area.
Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Apply dimensional control criteria to construction works
- Understand how to apply dimensional control criteria to construction works
- Maintain the dimensional accuracy of construction works
- Understand how to maintain the dimensional accuracy of construction works
Implement contract work in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Control work against agreed contract quality standards to ensure compliance
- Explain the methods used to control work against agreed contract quality standards
- Maintain contract compliance with statutory and contractual requirements throughout the project
- Explain how to maintain contract compliance with statutory and contractual requirements and address any non-compliance issues
Integrate and control project design information in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Implement project documentation systems in construction
- Understand how to implement project documentation systems in construction
- Integrate project design information in construction
- Evaluate project design information in construction
- Understand how to integrate project design information in construction
- Understand how to evaluate project design information in construction
Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify requirements for suppliers in construction projects
- Monitor requirements for suppliers in construction projects
- Identify requirements for materials supply in construction projects
- Monitor requirements for materials supply in construction projects
- Maintain records of supplies of materials in construction projects
- Record supplies of materials in construction projects
- Maintain supplies of materials to meet project requirements
- Record supplies of materials to meet project requirements
- Contribute to improvements in supplier performance in construction projects
- Understand how to contribute to improvements in supplier performance in construction projects
Operate health, safety and welfare systems in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Operate health, safety and welfare systems in the workplace.
- Understand how to operate health, safety and welfare systems in the workplace.
- Identify hazards and assess risks in the workplace.
- Understand how to identify hazards and assess risks in the workplace.
Operate project information systems in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Operate project information systems in construction to manage data effectively
- Explain the principles and procedures for operating project information systems in construction
Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor contract quantities and costs effectively
- Understand the processes involved in monitoring contract quantities and costs
- Prepare interim valuations and final accounts accurately
- Understand the procedures for preparing interim valuations and final accounts
- Identify and record income and expenditure meticulously
- Understand the methods for identifying and recording income and expenditure
- Prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense claims
- Understand the requirements for preparing information for claims for reimbursement for loss and expense
Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify potential tenderers for construction projects
- Understand the criteria for identifying suitable potential tenderers
- Prepare and issue tender documents in accordance with organisational procedures
- Understand the processes involved in preparing and issuing tender documents
- Check tenders for completeness and compliance
- Understand the methods for checking tenders effectively
Prepare drawings and schedules in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare construction drawings and associated information to required standards
- Understand the principles and techniques for preparing construction drawings and associated information
- Prepare schedules accurately and comprehensively
- Understand the methods for preparing schedules effectively
Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation.
- Understand how to evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation.
- Calculate quantities, resources and costs within a tender.
- Understand how to calculate quantities, resources and costs within a tender.
- Collate and present tender information.
- Understand how to collate and present tender information.
Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for physical testing in accordance with relevant standards and procedures
- Explain the methods used to prepare for physical testing activities
- Carry out physical testing accurately and safely
- Describe the procedures for carrying out physical testing and interpreting results
- Present test results clearly and concisely
- Explain how to present test results in a format suitable for different audiences
Prepare for work operations in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Review construction phase information effectively
- Explain the processes involved in reviewing construction phase information
- Prepare for site operations in accordance with organisational procedures
- Describe the methods used to prepare for site operations
- Implement work operations according to agreed plans and specifications
- Explain how to implement and control work operations to meet project requirements
Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare effectively to carry out surveys in construction environments
- Understand the preparatory steps required for conducting surveys
- Carry out surveys accurately and efficiently
- Understand the techniques and equipment used in conducting surveys
- Present survey data in a clear and understandable format
- Understand the methods for presenting survey data effectively
Prepare programmes and schedules of work in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain the necessary information to make critical decisions regarding work schedules
- Understand how to effectively obtain information needed for critical decision-making
- Confirm project requirements to ensure alignment with objectives
- Understand the importance of confirming project requirements and the methods for doing so
- Prepare a comprehensive work schedule that meets project needs
- Understand the principles and techniques for preparing effective work schedules
Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of goods and services in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and present proposals for the provision of products and services.
- Understand how to prepare and present proposals for the provision of products and services.
- Review and finalise proposals for the provision of products and services.
- Understand how to review and finalise proposals for the provision of products and services.
- Obtain and evaluate feedback information.
- Understand how to obtain and evaluate feedback information.
Recommend and monitor supplies of plant and equipment in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and recommend appropriate plant and equipment for construction projects
- Explain the factors to consider when identifying and recommending plant and equipment
- Monitor the performance of plant and equipment supplied to ensure efficiency and effectiveness
- Explain how to monitor the economic performance of plant and equipment supplied and identify areas for improvement
Record the condition of property in construction Real unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm a condition survey process for property in construction
- Understand how to confirm a condition survey process for property in construction
- Inspect the condition of property in construction
- Understand how to inspect the condition of property in construction
- Prepare condition survey reports and records for property in construction
- Present condition survey reports and records for property in construction
- Understand how to prepare condition survey reports and records for property in construction
- Understand how to present condition survey reports and records for property in construction
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
Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Standard
Operate project information systems in construction
- Standard
Prepare Building for Air Tightness Testing
- Standard
Prepare for Work Operations in Construction
- Standard
Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction
- Standard
Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction
- Standard
Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 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
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 goods 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.
- Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Operate project information systems in construction
- Prepare Building for Air Tightness Testing
- Prepare for Work Operations in Construction
- Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction
- Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction
- Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction
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 appropriate work methods for construction tasks, considering risks and suitability. Learners will develop project programming and resourcing skills and monitor project progress against agreed programmes to ensure effective delivery.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Highfield Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations (Site Technical Support) (RQF)
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Highfield Qualifications.
- 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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