ECITB
Level 3
QN: 603/3411/3
Curriculum Active
ECITB Level 3 Diploma in Project Controls Practice and Techniques (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by ECITB. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 871 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
ECITB
Syllabus Units
12 Units
Guided Hours
871 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Analyse data and forecast out-turns.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands how to and can analyse data and forecast out-turns and then compare these to the schedule/cost baseline and recommend corrective actions, as appropriate.2. The candidate understands statistical data techniques and can generate and use statistical data.
2
Commercial awareness and procurement activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands key commercial considerations and processes and is able to apply them in the context of project controls.2. The candidate understands the procurement process for goods and services and is able to undertake simple procurement and contracting activities in the context of project controls.
3
Developing the initial budget and baseline
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands the processes required and is able to prepare the initial budget for the control of work scope delivery.2. The candidate understands the processes required to prepare and can develop an initial baseline.
4
Effective communication and behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate can demonstrate that they know how to and can establish and maintain productive working relationships.2. The candidate can demonstrate that they know how to and can communicate project controls information effectively to a range of stakeholders including technical and non-technical audiences.3. The candidate is able to work effectively by demonstrating appropriate behaviours.
5
Estimating practice and techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands the techniques used for estimating (time and cost) and is able to prepare estimates for defined scopes of work at any stage of the project life cycle.
6
Optimisation practice and techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands the project controls role in optimisation practice and techniques and can undertake a simple review which includes developing recommendations.2. The candidate understands the change management and stakeholder process required to finalise the project controls plan and baseline and is able to undertake change management correctly and effectively to produce a finalised project controls plan.
7
Project controls fundamentals and related safety, ethics, environmental sustainability and governance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate can demonstrate that they understand what project control is and the critical role it plays in successful project delivery.2. The candidate can identify and assess factors, including health, safety and environmental regulations, legislation, available technology and environmental sustainability, that affect project controls in their sector and understands how this impacts on project controls.
- The candidate can demonstrate that they understand important governance systems that are integral to successful project controls and are able to apply them: a) Quality management systems (QMS) and procedures.b) Change and change management especially in relation to:o Scope management.o Document control.o Version control.4. The candidate understands the need for ethical working, values, integrity and codes of conduct and the need to observe these in the execution of work in a way that contributes to professionalism.
8
Risk and opportunity management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands risk and opportunity identification, mitigation and management and can effectively identify
- monitor and control risk.
9
Scheduling practice and techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands scheduling techniques and is able to develop and present schedules that meet defined requirements.
10
Scope interpretation including project controls planning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands how to and can determine the work scope and develop project controls plans.
11
Track progress: data flows, IT systems and managing detailed controls data
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands IT systems, data sources and data flow pathways and can effectively use IT to carry out project controls.2. The candidate understands how to monitor and track project controls data in accordance with the project controls plan, can identify variances against the plan/baseline and accurately report on progress.
12
Work and cost breakdown and coding structures
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The candidate understands the implications of a sound approach to the development of and use of different types of breakdown and coding structures to project controls and can develop work breakdown and coding structures to meet project requirements.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/3411/3
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- ECITB
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2018