Highfield Qualifications · RQF Level 7
Highfield Level 7 NVQ in Construction Senior Management (RQF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 7
- Total credits169
- Guided learning485 hours
- Units in this qualification19
Awarded by Highfield Qualifications · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Control budgets and contract payment entitlement in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Manage construction project budgets effectively, ensuring adherence to financial constraints
- Monitor expenditure against budget, identifying and addressing any variances promptly
- Evaluate entitlement for payment based on contract terms and completed work
- Authorise payments in accordance with contractual obligations and project progress
- Maintain accurate records of all financial transactions related to the project
Control projects in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Control project quality by implementing and monitoring quality assurance processes.
- Control legal and contractual project compliance by adhering to relevant legislation and contractual obligations.
- Control project progress by monitoring milestones, managing delays, and implementing corrective actions.
- Control project value and costs by managing budgets, tracking expenditure, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
Develop self and others in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake continuing personal development to enhance construction management skills and knowledge.
- Manage the continued personal development of others within a construction management context.
Direct the management of design development and processes in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Determine potential hazards and risks associated with the design development process in construction projects
- Assess the likelihood and impact of identified hazards and risks
- Develop and implement strategies to reduce risks in design solutions, ensuring safety and compliance
- Manage the design process, coordinating with relevant stakeholders to achieve project objectives
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures throughout the design development process
Ensure that contracts are prepared, negotiated and agreed in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate forms of contract appropriate for specific construction projects, considering legal and commercial implications.
- Negotiate and agree contracts with relevant parties, ensuring that terms and conditions are clearly defined and mutually acceptable.
Establish project procurement arrangements in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate procurement strategies for construction projects, considering relevant factors and regulations.
- Approve project suppliers based on established criteria and organisational procedures.
- Justify the selection of a specific form of contract for a construction project, based on project requirements and risk assessment.
Evaluate and progress the resolution of contractual disputes in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the implications for the resolution of contractual disputes in construction management.
- Negotiate the resolution of disputes in construction management, aiming for mutually acceptable outcomes.
Evaluate sustainable resources and requirements for the whole lifecycle of a construction projectReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate project whole life costs, taking into account sustainability and low carbon requirements.
- Understand how to evaluate project whole life costs, considering sustainability and low carbon requirements.
- Assess and provide for the conservation of energy use within a construction project.
- Understand how to assess and provide for the conservation of energy use in construction projects.
Implement, monitor and control strategic procurement systems in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate and implement procurement systems that align with organisational objectives and industry best practices.
- Monitor and control arrangements for strategic sourcing, ensuring value for money and compliance with procurement policies.
Manage marketing and customer service in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Research and develop new products and services relevant to the construction management sector
- Formulate a comprehensive marketing strategy to promote construction management services and products
- Implement the marketing strategy, utilising appropriate channels and techniques to reach target audiences
- Manage client and customer satisfaction by addressing their needs and resolving any issues effectively
- Monitor and evaluate customer feedback to improve service delivery and enhance customer relationships
Manage project processes in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Assess and manage project risks and opportunities.
- Understand how to assess and manage project risks and opportunities.
- Develop and maintain systems for managing health, safety and welfare.
- Understand how to develop and maintain systems for managing health, safety and welfare.
- Establish and manage project team activities.
- Understand how to establish and manage project team activities.
- Implement project organisation and communication systems.
- Understand how to implement project organisation and communication systems.
- Obtain and evaluate project feedback information and make improvements.
- Understand how to obtain and evaluate project feedback information and make improvements.
Manage teams in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate a project team, considering skills, roles, and responsibilities within construction management.
- Manage working relationships within a construction project team, promoting effective communication and collaboration.
Manage tendering processes in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the pre-qualification of tenderers to ensure their suitability for construction projects
- Develop and implement a process for obtaining bids and tenders from qualified contractors
- Analyse successful bids and tenders, considering factors such as price, quality, and experience
- Select the most appropriate contractor based on a comprehensive evaluation of their bid
- Document the tendering process and maintain accurate records of all bids received
Manage the handover of the construction project in the workplaceReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm project requirements and consult with stakeholders to develop and agree a handover programme.
- Check that project requirements have been met, or record outstanding work in order to agree and arrange a satisfactory completion.
- Carry out handover inspections and appropriate tests ensuring they are witnessed by stakeholders and certificated in accordance with current legislation.
- Record stakeholder concerns during inspection and agree any required actions.
- Ensure that stakeholders’ respective responsibilities are accepted and adopted.
- Assemble and hand over appropriate documentation in accordance with the project.
Manage the preparation and submission of estimates, bids and tenders in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation
- Evaluate the resource requirements and costs within an estimate, bid and tender
- Formulate an estimate, bid and tender offer
Plan a construction organisation's workforceReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the workforce requirements for a construction organisation, considering project demands and organisational goals
- Develop comprehensive workforce plans that align with project timelines and budget constraints
- Implement and manage workforce plans, adapting to changing project needs and resource availability
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of workforce plans, identifying areas for improvement and optimisation
Prepare and agree a project brief and outline programme in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate a draft project brief that clearly defines project objectives, scope, and deliverables.
- Develop a project outline programme that outlines key milestones, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Determine project stakeholder requirements by engaging with stakeholders and gathering their input on project objectives and priorities.
Provide advice, judgement and service ethically in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Provide advice on technical construction issues, demonstrating expertise and knowledge.
- Resolve complex multifaceted construction problems, applying appropriate strategies and solutions.
- Provide construction services within an ethical framework, adhering to professional standards and guidelines.
Sustainability and environmental impact of developments in construction managementReal unit · Highfield Qualifications
What you'll be able to do
- Appraise the environmental impact of development proposals.
- Establish sustainability requirements.
- Establish sustainable resources.
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.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 7 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
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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.
- Assess and evaluate the sustainability and environmental impact of developments in construction management
- Control Projects in Construction Management
- Control budgets and contract entitlement in construction management
- Develop self and others in construction management
- Direct the management of design development and processes in construction management
- Ensure that contracts are prepared, negotiated and agreed in construction management
- Establish project procurement arrangements in construction management
- Evaluate and progress the resolution of contractual disputes in construction management
Where this can lead
Senior Sustainability Specialist (Facilities)
The journey here is about continuous learning and making a real difference. We're looking for someone who sees the long game in sustainability, is driven to solve complex problems, and wants to build a career that truly matters. If that sounds like you, we'd love to chat.
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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 covers the management of construction project budgets, including the identification of key budget components and methods for effective budget control. Learners will develop skills to evaluate payment entitlements based on contract terms and authorise payments while maintaining accurate financial records.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Highfield Level 7 NVQ in Construction Senior Management (RQF)
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Highfield Qualifications.
- Control budgets and contract payment entitlement in construction management
- Control projects in construction management
- Develop self and others in construction management
- Direct the management of design development and processes in construction management
- Ensure that contracts are prepared, negotiated and agreed in construction management
- Establish project procurement arrangements in construction management
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
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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.
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