Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Construction Senior Management
This qualification is aimed at those who have responsibility for managing Construction sites including the planning and controlling all aspects of specific works on site.
Description
This qualification is at Level 6, although some units may be at different levels. Level 6 qualifications are primarily aimed at those who are fully trained and experienced in a wide range of roles and requires the individual to be actively involved in decision making and have a good understanding of problems that can occur on Construction sites and be able to deal with them.
Candidates will also be required to prove knowledge of legislation, leading teams and maintaining and improving the standards of work.
Qualification Breakdown
The qualification mandatory has 4 pathways; Building and Civil Engineering, Highways Maintenance, Residential Development, and Retrofit.
Pathway 1
Building and Civil Engineering - Mandatory Units:
- Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace (8)
- Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace (9)
- Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace (8)
- Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace (17)
- Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace. (17)
- Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace (10)
- Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace (16)
- Monitoring project activities in the workplace (9)
- Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace (8)
- Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace (11)
- Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace (11)
- Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace (10)
- Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace (11)
- Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace (12)
- Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace (8)
- Managing your personal development in the workplace (9)
- Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace (12)
Optional units (minimum of 1 unit must be achieved if this Pathway selected):
- Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace (11)
- Planning activities to traditional and heritage structures in the workplace (16)
- Planning demolition activities in the workplace (12)
- Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace (15)
- Managing the project handover in the workplace (12)
- Planning Tunnelling activities in the workplace (15)
Pathway 2
Highways Maintenance - Mandatory Units
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Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace (8)
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Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace (9)
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Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace (8)
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Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace (17)
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Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace. (17)
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Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace (10)
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Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace (16)
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Monitoring project activities in the workplace (8)
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Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace (16)
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Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace (9)
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Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace (8)
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Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace (11)
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Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace (11)
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Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace (11)
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Managing your personal development in the workplace (9)
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Planning highways maintenance and repair activities in the workplace (12)
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Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace (12)
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Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace (8)
Optional units (minimum of 2 units if this pathway selected):
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Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace (11)
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Providing customer services in the construction workplace (9)
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Planning activities to traditional and heritage structures in the workplace (16)
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Planning demolition activities in the workplace (12)
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Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace (10)
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Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace (15)
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Managing the project handover in the workplace (12)
- Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace (12)
Pathway 3
Residential Development-Mandatory Units
- Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace (8)
- Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace (9)
- Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace (8)
- Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace (17)
- Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace (17)
- Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace (10)
- Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace (16)
- Monitoring project activities in the workplace (8)
- Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace (16)
- Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace (8)
- Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace (11)
- Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace (11)
- Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace (11)
- Managing your personal development in the workplace (11)
- Providing customer services in the construction workplace (9)
- Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace (9)
- Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace (15)
- Managing the project handover in the workplace (12)
Optional units (minimum of 2 units if this pathway selected):
- Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace (11)
- Planning activities to traditional and heritage structures in the workplace (16)
- Planning demolition activities in the workplace (12)
- Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace (9)
- Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace (12)
- Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace (8)
- Planning the installation of retrofit works in the workplace (16)
- Managing installation, commissioning and handover of retrofit works in the workplace (16)
- Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace (12)
Pathway 4
Retrofit Mandatory Units
- Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace (8)
- Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace (9)
- Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace (8)
- Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace (17)
- Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace (17)
- Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace (10)
- Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace (16)
- Monitoring project activities in the workplace (8)
- Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace (16)
- Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace (8)
- Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace (11)
- Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace (11)
- Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace (11)
- Managing your personal development in the workplace (9)
- Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace (10)
- Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace (12)
- Planning the installation of retrofit works in the workplace (16)
- Managing installation, commissioning and handover of retrofit works in the workplace (16)
Optional units (minimum of 2 units if this pathway selected):
- Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace (11)
- Providing customer services in the construction workplace (9)
- Planning activities to traditional and heritage structures in the workplace (16)
- Supervising activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace (16)
- Planning demolition activities in the workplace (12)
- Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace (8)
- Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace (15)
Assessment
- Portfolio of Evidence
Suitability
This qualification is aimed at those who have responsibility for managing Construction sites including the planning and controlling all aspects of specific works on site.