Pearson
    Level 5
    QN: 600/5985/0
    Curriculum Active

    Pearson Edexcel Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Construction Management (Sustainability)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Pearson. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1265 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 5
    Awarding Body
    Pearson
    Syllabus Units
    34 Units
    Guided Hours
    1265 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Analysing and Monitoring Building Services Engineering Controls

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the parameters employed in effective building services engineering control systems.
    • Be able to monitor building services engineering control systems
    • Be able to rectify fault conditions on building services engineering control systems
    • Be able to optimise the performance of building services engineering installations
    2

    Chairing Meetings in the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to chair built environment meetings
    • Be able to make decisions during built environment meetings
    3

    Commissioning Building Services Engineering Systems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to prepare building services engineering installation status
    • Be able to commission building services engineering plant and equipment
    • Be able to diagnose and rectify faults on building services engineering systems
    • Be able to complete and maintain commissioning documentation
    • Be able to advise clients of system operation
    4

    Conduct a quality audit

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand quality management.
    • Be able to prepare to carry out a quality audit.
    • Be able to carry out a quality audit.
    • Be able to communicate results of a quality audit.
    • Be able to monitor corrective action and maintain records.
    5

    Contract Valuations and Claims in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand contract valuations in construction projects
    • Be able to carry out contract valuations
    • Be able to prepare and agree contract claims
    6

    Designing Engineering Solutions for the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand engineering design solutions in the built environment
    • Be able to produce detailed engineering design solutions
    • Be able to select resources for a design solution
    7

    Designing Sustainable Building Services Engineering Systems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand sustainable building services engineering systems
    • Be able to design sustainable building services engineering systems.
    • Be able to produce sustainable building services engineering specifications
    8

    Developing Detailed Project Designs in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand detailed project designs
    • Be able to develop detailed design solutions
    • Be able to record the results for detailed designs
    9

    Developing Working Relationships in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to develop working relationships
    • Be able to develop working relationships
    • Be able to undertake personal development in the occupational practice area
    10

    Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to monitor the operational compliance of procedures in meeting legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements.
    • Be able to identify and make recommendations on areas of non-compliance with procedures for legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements relating to own area of responsibility.
    11

    Establish risk management processes for an organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand risk management within own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to establish a risk management process for an organisation.
    • Be able to allocate resources to enable risk management activities to take place.
    • Be able to communicate risk management processes across an organisation.
    12

    Formulating Project Requirements in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand project procurement strategies in construction and the built environment
    • Be able to formulate project requirements
    • Be able to design a procurement strategy
    13

    Highway Maintenance Activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the requirements of highway maintenance activities
    • Be able to plan highway maintenance activities
    • Understand standard computerised systems for highway maintenance
    • Understand testing procedures to detect highway defects
    14

    Innovation in Sustainable Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand innovation in sustainable construction
    • Understand the use of innovative materials for sustainable construction
    • Be able to develop innovative proposals in sustainable construction
    15

    Maintaining Health, Safety and Welfare Systems in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health, safety and welfare systems in construction
    • Be able to monitor and report health, safety and welfare system information in the workplace
    • Be able to maintain a safe workplace environment
    • Be able to ensure the best safe working practices
    16

    Manage a tendering process

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand tendering processes
    • Be able to draw up a specification for required products or services.
    • Be able to write an invitation to tender document and communicate it to prospective suppliers.
    • Understand how to respond fairly to pre-tender queries.
    • Be able to evaluate received tenders.
    • Be able to select a supplier and provide post-tender feedback.
    17

    Manage physical resources

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of sustainability when using physical resources.
    • Be able to identify resource requirements for own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to obtain required resources for own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to monitor and review the quality and usage of resources in own area of responsibility.
    18

    Manage the environmental impact of work activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal requirements and environmental policies that impact on own area of responsibility.
    • Understand how to assess the impact of work activities on the environment and how this can be minimised.
    • Be able to assess and report on the environmental impact of work activities in own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to organise work activities and resource use to minimise environmental impact.
    • Be able to promote ongoing improvement in environmental performance.
    19

    Managing Engineering Project Resources

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand method statements for managing engineering project resources
    • Be able to formulate engineering project resource requirements
    • Understand procurement of engineering resources
    • Be able to procure engineering resource requirements
    • Be able to manage engineering project resources
    20

    Managing Performance in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to manage team and individual performance
    • Be able to allocate work to teams and individuals
    • Be able to manage the performance of teams and individuals
    • Be able to provide feedback to teams and individuals on their performance
    21

    Managing Tests in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to manage tests in Construction and the Built Environment
    • Be able to record the results from tests
    • Be able to process test data in Construction and the Built Environment
    22

    Monitoring Environmental Factors and Sustainability in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the relationship between environmental awareness and sustainability
    • Understand the significance of environmental factors on projects in construction and the built environment
    • Be able to monitor environmental factors and sustainability requirements
    • Be able to record results of environmental and sustainability monitoring
    23

    Monitoring Projects in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand quality control monitoring for construction projects
    • Be able to monitor construction projects
    • Understand how to manage project variations
    • Understand how monitoring can lead to sustainable approaches to work activity
    24

    Optimising the Supply Chain in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the components of the supply chain net
    • Be able to create a purchasing schedule
    • Understand the impact of supplier performance
    • Be able to optimise supplier performance
    25

    Plan and manage a project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles, processes, tools and techniques of project management.
    • Be able to agree the scope and objectives of a project.
    • Be able to identify the budget in order to develop a project plan.
    • Be able to implement a project plan.
    • Be able to manage a project to its conclusion.
    26

    Planning Conservation Activities in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the factors that impact on conservation activities
    • Be able to confirm conservation work requirements against contract documentation
    • Understand the importance of prioritising conservation activities
    • Be able to plan conservation activities to reflect influencing factors
    27

    Preparing and Evaluating Supply Chain Tenders in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand supply chain tenders
    • Understand supply chain tender documentation at the estimating stage
    • Be able to manage supply chain tenders at the estimating stage
    28

    Promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion across an organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to understand the benefits of an inclusive and diverse workforce.
    • Be able to understand organisation’s responsibilities under equality legislation and relevant codes of practice.
    • Be able to benchmark equality, diversity and inclusion.
    • Be able to communicate equality, diversity and inclusion policy and procedures.
    • Be able to review effectiveness of equality, diversity and inclusion issues.
    29

    Promote the use of technology within an organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop a strategy to promote the use of technology, in line with organisational values and customer needs.
    • Be able to implement a strategy for promoting technology across an organisation.
    • Be able to monitor and review the impact of an organisation’s technology strategy, in line with best practice.
    30

    Providing Built Environment Related Customer Service in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to give consistent customer service
    • Be able to improve customer service systems
    • Be able to re
    • solve customer service issues
    • Be able to monitor customers’ needs and expectations.
    31

    Support the culture of an organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the concept of organisational culture.
    • Be able to agree values and objectives in support of an organisation’s culture.
    • Be able to monitor objectives and their effectiveness.
    32

    Surveying in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand survey requirements for planned developments
    • Be able to carry out different types of surveys
    • Be able to present survey data
    33

    Using Specialist Software in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the functions and applications of specialist software in construction and the built environment
    • Be able to use specialist software in construction and the built environment to solve complex problems
    34

    Work Scheduling and Procurement in Construction and the Built Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand work scheduling in construction and the built environment
    • Be able to develop schedules of work for sector projects
    • Understand procurement in construction and the built environment
    • Be able to develop a procurement programme

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    600/5985/0
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Pearson
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Jul 2012