NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management

AT A GLANCE

The Results

On completion of the Construction Site Management NVQ, you will be able to apply for a black ‘managers’ cscs card. The CSCS will ask for proof of your NVQ certificate along with proof of a HS&E managers and professionals test pass within the last 2 years.

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About This NVQ

The aim of the NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management qualification is to recognise the skills, knowledge and understanding, as well as being able to demonstrate competence in the workplace when working as a Construction Site Manager or Foreman.

Who is the NVQ For?

The NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management qualification is aimed at candidates who are employed in a Site Manager or Foreman role. It has been developed for completion in a real workplace environment and on completion of the NVQ, you will be able to apply for a black ‘managers’ cscs card.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements, the qualification will assess a learner’s competence in their current job role. As such the learner will need to be working in a Construction Site Manager or Foreman role, or run their own construction business. Learners must be aged 16+ and be working in a role that will allow them to demonstrate their competence against the required units.

Delivery

Learners will be assessed using a range of methods tailored to the learners needs. These vary from on-site assessments, observations, written questions, evidence generated from the workplace, professional discussions, and witness testimonies.

Our NVQ Process

Evidence is gathered by means of; videos, photographs, on-site assessments, observations, written questions, workplace documents, professional discussions and witness testimonies. Your assessor will support you throughout the process. Evidence is uploaded and assessed via an E Portfolio whereby you can track your progress throughout.

NVQ Content

Typical units within the Construction Site Management NVQ include:

Mandatory Units:

  • Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace
  • Allocating work and monitoring people’s performance in the workplace
  • Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace
  • Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace
  • Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace
  • Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace
  • Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace
  • Monitoring project activities in the workplace
  • Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace
  • Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace
  • Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace
  • Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace
  • Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace
  • Managing your personal development in the workplace
  • Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace
  • Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace
  • Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace
  • Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace
  • Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace

 

Optional Units:

  • Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace
  • Planning activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
  • Planning demolition activities in the workplace
  • Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace
  • Managing the project handover in the workplace
  • Planning tunnelling activities in the workplace