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- 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
Introduction to Domestic Energy Assessments. Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and value of conducting domestic energy assessments.
- Know the main features of a home that affect its energy efficiency, including construction materials, insulation, and heating systems.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a Domestic Energy Assessor, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Prepare to carry out domestic energy assessments. Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legislation and regulatory requirements relating to domestic energy assessments and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), including relevant building regulations and energy efficiency standards.
- Understand how to confirm instructions and requirements for carrying out domestic energy assessments, ensuring clarity on the scope of work and client expectations.
- Understand how to identify and investigate property-related factors that affect energy assessment, including building age, construction type, and occupancy patterns.
- Confirm instructions and prepare to carry out domestic energy assessments, gathering necessary documentation and equipment.
- Investigate and collect accurate information about the property for energy assessment, using appropriate measurement techniques and data recording methods.
Produce and present Energy Performance Certificates for domestic properties. Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and purpose of the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) process for domestic properties, including its role in informing energy efficiency improvements.
- Understand how approved software is used to assess energy performance and generate recommendations for domestic properties, including data input and interpretation of results.
- Understand how to issue Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and present their contents to clients, explaining the key findings and recommendations.
- Generate a domestic Energy Performance Certificate using approved software, accurately inputting property data and interpreting the software's output.
- Finalise and prepare an Energy Performance Certificate for lodgement, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and quality standards.
- Finalise, issue, and explain the Energy Performance Certificate to the client, addressing any questions or concerns they may have.
- Explain how the EPC can inform energy efficiency improvements in domestic properties, providing tailored advice and guidance to clients.
Understanding Domestic Retrofit Assessment Principles. Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and purpose of domestic retrofit assessments, including their role in improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions.
- Understand the key elements evaluated during a domestic retrofit assessment, including building fabric, heating systems, and ventilation.
- Understand the professional practices associated with conducting retrofit assessments, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Undertake domestic energy assessments in the workplace. Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the information required to collect and input data for generating an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for a domestic property.
- Understand the property features and external factors that influence domestic energy performance.
- Understand how to collate and maintain records of inspection findings.
- Carry out property inspections to collect data for determining domestic energy performance.
- Collate relevant information to assess the energy performance of a domestic property.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of domestic energy inspection findings.
Work safely, effectively and professionally when conducting domestic energy assessments. Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to work safely and securely when carrying out domestic energy assessments, including risk assessment and hazard identification.
- Understand the professional standards and behaviours required when conducting domestic energy assessments, including ethical conduct and client confidentiality.
- Understand the legislation, codes of conduct, and compliance requirements that apply to domestic energy assessment, including data protection and energy performance regulations.
- Comply with legal, regulatory and organisational requirements when carrying out domestic energy assessments, ensuring adherence to relevant guidelines and procedures.
- Maintain health, safety and security while carrying out domestic energy assessments, implementing appropriate safety measures and precautions.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and other professionals involved in domestic energy assessments, fostering collaboration and communication.
- Carry out domestic energy assessments in a professional and competent manner, demonstrating expertise and attention to detail.
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
Prepare for energy assessments of domestic property
- Standard
Produce and explain Energy Performance Certificates relating to domestic property
- Standard
Produce compliance submissions and Energy Performance Certificates for new dwellings
- Standard
Work in a safe, effective and professional manner
- Standard
Work in a safe, effective, professional and ethical manner
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 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
Introduction to Domestic Energy Assessments.Prepare to carry out domestic energy assessments.Produce and present Energy Performance Certificates for domestic properties.Understanding Domestic Retrofit Assessment Principles.Undertake domestic energy assessments in the workplace.Work safely, effectively and professionally when conducting domestic energy assessments.
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.
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“Introduction to Domestic Energy Assessments.” is taught against the work in front of you rather than a worked example. You bring what you are doing this week and it becomes the practice.
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.
- Prepare for energy assessments of domestic property
- Produce and explain Energy Performance Certificates relating to domestic property
- Produce compliance submissions and Energy Performance Certificates for new dwellings
- Work in a safe, effective and professional manner
- Work in a safe, effective, professional and ethical manner
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 Introduction to Domestic Energy Assessments., one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit introduces learners to domestic energy assessments, covering their purpose, value, and the role of a Domestic Energy Assessor. Learners will understand key home features affecting energy efficiency, including construction materials and insulation, alongside relevant regulations and standards.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Domestic Energy Assessment
6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Introduction to Domestic Energy Assessments.
- Prepare to carry out domestic energy assessments.
- Produce and present Energy Performance Certificates for domestic properties.
- Understanding Domestic Retrofit Assessment Principles.
- Undertake domestic energy assessments in the workplace.
- Work safely, effectively and professionally when conducting domestic energy assessments.
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