NOCN
Level 6
QN: 610/0006/8
Curriculum Active
NOCN Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NOCN. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1507 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 6
Awarding Body
NOCN
Syllabus Units
31 Units
Guided Hours
1507 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Confirm the programmes, and schedules
- identify priorities and critical activities, and plan how the work will be undertaken.2. Allocate work to team members, taking into account their skills, knowledge and experience.3. Check the validity of team member’s documentation.4. Brief team members on the quality standards and outcomes expected.5.
- Monitor both the progress and quality of the work.6. Provide prompt and constructive feedback.7. Motivate team members to complete the work they have been allocated and provide additional support.8.
- Identify unacceptable or poor performance
- discuss the ca
- use(s) and agree ways of improving performance with team members.9.
- Recognise exceptional performance by individuals and/or by the team and advise stakeholders.
2
Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify any significant factors which will affect the number, type and availability of people and services.2.
- Evaluate and record the quality and reliability of people or services, and notify relevant stakeholders.3. Negotiate and agree proposals which are likely to produce an effective team membership.4.
- Follow rules and organisational procedures for obtaining people and services.
3
Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Develop and implement systems to monitor and record the progress of the project against the agreed programme(s).2. Collect progress information regularly and summarise it for stakeholders.3.
- Identify inadequate or inappropriate resources
- recommend alternative resources and inform stakeholders.4.
- Identify and quantify any identified or predicted deviations from planned progress which have occurred, or which may occur, that could disrupt the programme.5.
- Investigate the circumstances of any deviations thoroughly and agree and implement appropriate corrective actions.6.
- Recommend options to stakeholders that allow the programme to be maintained.7. Inform stakeholders about changes to the operational programme.8. Suggest and implement the decisions and actions that need to be taken to maintain progress.9.
- Identify and record improvements to the programme from feedback received and inform stakeholders.
4
Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify and interpret quality standards from available information and ensure their implementation before work commences.2. Specify clearly and unambiguously the roles and responsibilities and allocate them to individuals to maintain quality standards.3.
- Establish systems to inspect and control the quality of the work.4. Regularly check that inspections are carried out to ensure that the work conforms to the specified quality standards.5.
- Identify and record any work which fails to meet the requirements and specified quality standards and implement corrective action.6. Inform stakeholders about variations in quality standards and recommend solutions and actions they need to take.7.
- Identify conflicts between quality standards and refer them to stakeholders for resolution.8.
- Identify improvements from feedback received and record and recommend them to stakeholders.
5
Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Implement quantities and cost control systems which can provide early warning of problems.2.
- Ensure that quantity and cost data is regularly collected, recorded and passed on to the responsible stakeholders, in time for them to be able to use it.3.
- Ensure that work values, quantities and cost data are prepared.4.
- Ensure that accurate quantities and cost data are prepared and presented in a format which will help the stakeholders responsible to make decisions.5.
- Ensure that variations and trends in quantities and cost data are identified, specified, quantified, costed and recorded.6.
- Ensure that any variations are investigated, agreed and recorded.7.
- Identify opportunities for cost efficiencies and recommend them to stakeholders.
6
Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- maintain and encourage working relationships to promote good will and trust.2. Inform relevant people about work activities in an appropriate level of detail, with the appropriate level of urgency.3. Offer advice and help to relevant people about work activities and encourage questions/requests for clarification and comments.4. Clarify proposals with relevant people and discuss alternative suggestions.5. Re
- solve differences of opinion in ways that minimise offence and maintain goodwill, trust and respect.
7
Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Promote the benefits of accessing learning by giving positive and constructive feedback on work performance regularly.2.
- Work with the team to identify and prioritise learning needs and identify and obtain information on a range of possible learning activities.3.
- Discuss and plan development needs with team members.4.
- Support team members in undertaking learning activities by making efforts to overcome barriers to learning.5.
- Communicate the outcomes of the learning activity undertaken with team members to ensure the desired outcomes have been achieved and organisational standards have been maintained.6. Update development plans with team members and ensure records of plan are kept updated.
8
Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify major activities
- determine the resources needed from the information available and prepare draft work programmes and schedules.2.
- Evaluate alternative methods, resources and systems in order to select the best solution to meet project requirements.3. Obtain clarification and advice where the resources needed are not available.4.
- Analyse the activities against project requirements and the requirements of external factors.5.
- Determine how long each activity will take
- identify activities which influence each other and sequence them logically and realistically so that they make the best use of the resources available.6.
- Ensure the production of detailed programmes and schedules of planned activities are consistent with the complexity of the project.7.
- Develop a system to monitor the works programmes and schedules and use the results to improve production and planning.8.
- Identify alterations to the works programmes and schedules to ensure they will meet changed circumstances.
9
Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Obtain pre-construction information, in relation to dimensional control ensuring that it is up to date and accurate.2.
- Establish and record the relevant dimensional control information for the project.3.
- Ensure that variations in dimensional control are identified, recorded and notified to stakeholders.4.
- Ensure a dimensional control monitoring system, which ensures dimensional controls are maintained.5.
- Ensure that measuring and recording equipment is maintained to meet the specified accuracy criteria.
10
Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify the environmental management considerations.2.
- Establish methods of work that will support sustainability by examining project data.3. Promote a culture of environmental awareness and support for sustainability in the workforce.4.
- Examine and record the policies adopted for environmental management and sustainability.5. Delegate and record assigned duties for environmental management and monitoring of sustainable work methods.6.
- Assess the significance of environmental factors as they affect the project and take appropriate action.7.
- Monitor project work against sustainability requirements and take appropriate action to ensure progress.8.
- Record good practice in environmental management and sustainable methods of work and make recommendations to people responsible.
11
Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Establish a culture of health, safety, welfare and wellbeing on site, and identify and implement improvements.2. Delegate health, safety, welfare and wellbeing responsibilities which comply with current organisational requirements and ensure site inductions consistently inform people of those responsibilities.3.
- Ensure accurate and appropriate notices and hazard warnings, that conform to current organisational requirements, are maintained and observed.4.
- Ensure health, safety and welfare equipment and resources are available and sufficient to meet current organisational requirements.5.
- Implement systems which meet current organisational requirements to identify hazards, reduce risks and maintain the health, safety, welfare and wellbeing of people.6.
- Ensure hazards are assessed to identify the residual risks
- apply the principles of prevention and provide information to the appropriate people.7.
- Monitor health, safety, welfare and wellbeing systems regularly for compliance with current organisational requirements.
12
Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate project or operational data in order to identify work methods.2. Obtain additional information from other sources in cases where the available project data is insufficient.3.
- Identify work methods which will make the best use of resources and materials and meets project and current organisational requirements.4.
- Evaluate identified work methods against technical, environmental and project criteria and select appropriate methods.5.
- Ensure method statements and risk assessments are current, accurate, agreed and acceptable to all stakeholders.6.
- Recommend and promote the selected work method for the project.
13
Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Implement systems for the collection of feedback.2.
- Ensure feedback is obtained, investigated, recorded and analysed.3.
- Recommend improvements by evaluating feedback received and justify the recommendations to stakeholders.4.
- Summarise recommendations from feedback analysis and promote them for adoption and use.5.
- Evaluate feedback systems to ensure that recommendations have been implemented.
14
Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify the organisational and communication needs for the project.2.
- Establish and maintain systems which are compatible with those used by the client, customer or their representative, the supply chain and other stakeholders.3.
- Ensure project information is produced, accurate and issued to relevant stakeholders.4.
- Implement inclusive methods of communication for reporting and retrieving information between people team, organisations and stakeholders.5.
- Monitor communication systems and organisational procedures for effectiveness.
- Identify and investigate breakdowns, conflicts or opportunities for improvement and take action to restore effective communication and organisation.7.
- Implement and record any action taken to improve or restore effective communication systems and organisational procedures.8.
- Prepare for and manage meetings with colleagues and stakeholders.9.
- Ensure post meeting activities are carried out.
15
Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Ensure that the specification of the selected plant, equipment or machinery meets the needs of the project before deployment.2. Confirm that the plant, equipment or machinery to be deployed complies with current legislation and will be set up, operated and maintained by competent people.3.
- Implement a system to update the deployment and allocation of plant, equipment or machinery, and operators, as the project progresses, or changes occur.4.
- Identify hazards
- assess and mitigate risks arising from the use of plant, equipment or machinery and implement measures that protect people and the environment.5.
- Ensure that plant, equipment or machinery operations are planned, appropriately supervised and conducted in accordance with current legislation.6.
- Ensure the suitable storage, servicing and maintenance of plant, equipment or machinery has been arranged to meet organisational requirements.7.
- Identify and record the competency requirements for supervisors, operators and users of plant, equipment or machinery.8. Promote and record opportunities to suggest improvements in plant operations.9.
- Ensure that plant, equipment or machinery which is no longer needed is returned or removed and records are maintained.
16
Managing installation, commissioning and handover of retrofit works in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Observe and apply organisational requirements for the protection of the workforce, sub-contractors, suppliers, consultants, occupants, visitors, the general public and the environment.2.
- Manage the implementation of the retrofit plan ensuring effective and efficient working practices for a given occupational area.3.
- Review and record works progress against the project programme.4.
- Recognise and report defects in installation.5.
- Record and report that ventilation is not compromised and complies with all relevant standards.6. Check and record that the retrofit works conform to quality, standards and compliance with the retrofit design.7.
- record and implement corrective actions when required.8. Mange the scheduling and coordination of inspection, testing and commissioning for retrofit works.9.
- record and implement any required corrective actions for retrofit works.10.
- Manage the project handover on completion of retrofit works.
17
Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interpret and confirm the relevance of information when supervising the installation, maintenance and removal of temporary works.2.
- Ensure protection and safety of the workforce, the general public, visitors and the environment by observing current legislation and official guidance.
- assess and maintain resources for temporary works.4. Confirm that all materials, equipment and tooling is correct prior to installation.5.
- Manage the installation of temporary works in accordance with the programme of works to meet organisational and stakeholder procedures.6.
- Keep accurate records of work progress during the installation of temporary works and maintain safe working methods and practices.
- Handover the temporary works in accordance with the organisational procedures.8.
- Manage the removal of the temporary works in accordance with the programme of works.
18
Managing the project handover in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Confirm project requirements, consult with stakeholders and develop, agree and record a handover programme.2. Check that project requirements have been met, or record outstanding work, in order to agree, arrange and record a satisfactory completion.3.
- Carry out handover inspections, relevant tests and commissioning activities ensuring they are recorded and certificated.4.
- Record stakeholder concerns during inspection, agree and record any required actions.5.
- Ensure that stakeholders’ respective responsibilities are recorded, accepted and adopted on handover.6. Assemble
- record and hand over relevant documentation in accordance with the project.
19
Managing your personal development in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Define your aims and objectives for undertaking personal development.2. Contact sources of support and guidance to identify recognised standards for you to manage your personal development.3.
- Analyse the current level of your knowledge and performance.
- Develop a profile of your competence and personal development needs.5.
- Prepare a development plan for achieving identified development needs.6.
- Undertake development activities aimed at achieving identified development needs, reviewing the effectiveness of the activities.7. Obtain, accept and record feedback from people who can judge your performance.8.
- Review the cycle of personal development aims and objectives to revise and update aims and objectives to suit changing circumstances.
20
Monitoring project activities in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Give adequate notice to all stakeholders who will be affected about when work will start, how long it will take and when it will finish.2.
- Communicate and agree a programme and method with people who will be doing the work that integrates operations.3.
- record and obtain information requirements before work starts.4.
- Organise attendance for sub-contractors in accordance with project and contractual agreements.5.
- Organise meetings and communications with sub-contractors and keep records.6.
- Plan and obtain sufficient resources of the appropriate type which will meet the project requirements and timescales.7.
- Organise and control the site and resources so that conditions are safe, the site is tidy, and a record of maintenance activities is maintained.8.
- Develop contingency plans to meet special requirements to minimise disruption to those likely to be affected by the works programme.9.
- Maintain records to show how disruption has been minimised for special requirements and contingencies.
21
Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse project requirements in line with operational plans to ensure quantities and supplies of materials meet organisational requirements and develop a delivery schedule.2.
- Ensure records of delivery schedule and traffic management are maintained through analysis of delivery and lead times.3.
- Identify and record alternatives to the supply of materials.4.
- Ensure orders are prepared in line with organisational and/or project requirements to meet the delivery schedule.
- Promote goodwill and trust with suppliers and users to ensure the delivery schedule is maintained through positive negotiation.6.
- Implement systems, for monitoring the delivery schedule, materials and supplier performance to ensure they meet the project specification.7.
- Analyse records of factors used in materials control.8.
- Identify problems with supply
- record them and take action to re
- solve them.9.
- Identify and record revisions to the delivery schedule to facilitate change or minimise disruption to the programme.
22
Planning activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Confirm the project requirements against the information supplied when planning activities for traditional and heritage buildings.2.
- review and record the potential impact of a range of factors.3.
- Review the impacts of heritage issues on the planning of work activities.4.
- Review and record information sourced from guidance materials.5.
- Prioritise activities by assessing and accounting for a range of heritage issues.6.
- Review priorities; make recommendations and record the decisions made when circumstances change.7.
- Prepare plans or programmes and negotiate and agree them with stakeholders.
23
Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Implement and record regular inspections to confirm the project requirements for the maintenance activities for property, services or systems.2.
- review and record influencing factors and guidance material about the property, service or system to be maintained.3.
- Prioritise and record the maintenance activities to take account of identified influencing factors whilst maintaining consistency.4.
- Identify and record changing circumstances.5.
- Ensure maintenance activity records of actions carried out and data collected are current.6.
- assess and obtain the necessary resources for maintenance activities.7.
- Prepare plans and schedules of maintenance activities and negotiate and agree them with stakeholders.
24
Planning demolition activities in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Confirm the work requirements when planning demolition activities against the information supplied.2.
- review and record influencing factors and guidance materials in relation to the work environment.3.
- Prioritise demolition activities by assessing, recording and accounting for all the influencing factors.4.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency with the influencing factors.5.
- Prepare plans or schedules and negotiate and agree them with decision makers.
25
Planning highways maintenance and repair activities in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Confirm and record the work requirements of planning highway maintenance activities on controlled roads.2.
- Identify and review influencing factors about the work environment.3. Consult with guidance materials.4.
- Prioritise and record the maintenance activities by assessing and accounting for all the influencing factors.5.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency.6.
- Prepare plans or schedules of maintenance activities and negotiate and agree them with decision makers.7.
- Prepare risk assessments and method statements.8.
- Prepare plans and schedules.
26
Planning the installation of retrofit works in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate and implement pre-installation checks to identify technical and procedural risks.2.
- Implement external and internal pre-installation building inspections and record and report the findings to stakeholders.3.
- Implement and record suitable and sufficient control measures to mitigate risks arising from external and internal pre-installation building inspections.4.
- Implement and record suitable and sufficient control measures to mitigate technical and procedural risks.5.
- review and confirm information sources against the retrofit works plans.6.
- Record and report issues with the planned retrofit works and recommend corrective actions.
- Contribute to the project programme and plan the sequence of works for the installation of retrofit works.8.
- Plan the efficient use of resources required for retrofit works.
27
Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Assemble and review information used in the preparation of the project plan, clarify information which is not clear and update it for production planning purposes.2.
- Identify factors for consideration
- record them and distribute them to people who may be affected.3.
- Plan for traffic management, identifying access and egress points for the site and works which are safe, convenient and which minimise disruption.4.
- Organise the resources required for the preparation of site operations.5. Give accurate details about the proposed work to the utility and emergency services.6. Make arrangements for adequate site safety and welfare, reviewing as work progresses.7.
- Implement procedures and arrangements for environmental protection and security.8.
- Implement and record the procedures and arrangements for temporary works.9.
- Plan the site or area layout for operational purposes and pass information about the plans to the people on the site.10.
- Ensure notices to people, which provide information and comply with current organisational requirements.11.
- Ensure the notices are placed correctly and implement a maintenance schedule.
28
Planning Tunnelling Activities in the Workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Determine and record the tunnelling activities against the information supplied.2.
- Identify and review influencing factors relating to the work environment.3.
- Prioritise activities by assessing and accounting for all the influencing factors.4.
- Identify and review guidance materials.5.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency with the influencing factors.6.
- Prepare plans and programmes then negotiate, agree and record them with stakeholders.
29
Providing customer services in the construction workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify and use organisational procedures to implement systems or processes that will deliver and improve customer service.2. Give a consistent and reliable service that promotes a customer’s confidence.3.
- Work with others to re
- solve customer services problems and communicate with customers.4.
- Communicate with customers to provide information, check and record their satisfaction.5.
- Solve problems within existing systems or procedures that may affect customers before the customer becomes aware of them.6. Confirm that the service given meets the customer’s needs and expectations.7. Inform and record any changes to customer service systems or procedures to those people responsible.8. Share information to maintain and improve standards of service delivery.9. Inform the people responsible about changes to customer service systems or procedures that will reduce the chance of problems being repeated.10. Share and record information with people responsible to maintain and improve standards of service delivery.
30
Supervising activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Carry out supervision activities which will minimise disruption and maintain optimum performance.2. Observe organisational requirements appropriate to the protection of the workforce.3. Check the validity of team members documentation.4.
- Identify and assess defects, faults and issues
- recommend and implement corrective action which conforms to safe working methods and practices.5.
- Keep accurate records of work progress checks, defects, problems, corrective action and quantities involved.6.
- assess and record the necessary resources for work activities for traditional and heritage buildings and structures.
31
Supervising tunnelling activities in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Supervise tunnelling activities and provide input into the programmes, plans or schedules which will minimise disruption and maintain optimum performance.2. Observe current legislation, regulations and official guidance appropriate to the work environment for protection and safety of everyone.3.
- Identify and assess common tunnelling defects and problems and recommend and implement corrective action which conforms to safe working methods and practices.4.
- Keep accurate records of work progress checks and quantities involved.5.
- assess and record the acquisition and maintenance for the necessary resources for tunnelling activities.6.
- Comply with the given contract information when supervising tunnelling activities to carry out the work efficiently to the required specification.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/0006/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NOCN
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2022