1 Gain an NVQ qualification for your skills
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Find the right NVQ for you 4. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Trowel Occupations 5. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plastering 6. Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Wall & Floor Tiling 7. Level 2 NVQ Diploma Decorating Finish & Industrial Paint 8. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Building Maintenance Multi-trade Repair and Refurbishment Operations 9. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Wood Occupations 10. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Roof Occupations 11. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Formwork 12. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Specialist Concrete Occupations 13. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steel Fixing 14. Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision 15. Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Work Supervision 16. Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Trowel Occupations NVQ s are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and within a role such as a bricklayer or Construction Operative able to demonstrate the skills required for this qualification. Preparing and mixing concrete and mortars Laying bricks and blocks to line Conforming to general health, safety and welfare Moving, handling and storing resources Contributing to setting out basic masonry structures Jointing brick and block structures Erecting masonry structures Setting out masonry structures Conforming to Productive Working Practices Erecting Masonry Cladding Erecting Thin Joint Masonry Structures Placing and Finishing Non- Specialist Concrete Maintaining Slate and Tile Roofing Repairing and Maintaining Masonry Structures Producing Internal Solid Plastering Finishes Producing External Solid Render Finishes Installing Drainage This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 4
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plastering NVQ s are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and within a role such as a Plasterer and able to demonstrate the skills required for this qualification. Conforming to general safety in the workplace Moving and handling resources Preparing and mixing plastering materials Preparing background surfaces for plasterwork Positioning and securing plasterwork resources Producing plasterwork components from open flood moulds Conforming to efficient working practices Applying finishing plaster to background surfaces Producing internal solid plastering finishes Producing external solid render finishes Installing direct bond dry linings Laying sand and cement screeds to levels and/or falls Applying projection plaster and maintaining equipment Installing mechanically fixed plasterboard Positioning and securing fibrous plaster components Repairing fibrous plaster components Producing fibrous plaster components Producing cement castings This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 5
Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Wall & Floor Tiling NVQ s are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and working in building and construction. Learners will have some knowledge and basic skills of working under supervision, in commercial or domestic premises using coloured and textured tiles to decorate the inside of buildings (i.e. kitchens, bathrooms) or working on large floor areas such as factories, shopping centres and airports to given specifications. Preparing Backgrounds to Receive Wall and/or Floor Tiling Tiling Wall and Floor Surfaces Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Laying Under Tile Electrical Heating Systems and Tiling Surfaces Slinging and Hand Signalling the Movement of Suspended Loads Producing Tiled, Mosaic and Stone Surface Finishes Developing and Maintaining Good Occupational Working Relationships Confirming the Occupational Method of Work Laying Sand and Cement Screeds to Levels and/or Falls Providing Drainage for Tiled Surfaces Producing Internal and External Sand and Cement Backgrounds in the Workplace 6 This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card.
Level 2 NVQ Diploma Decorating Finish & Industrial Paint NVQ s are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and within a role such as a Painter or Industrial Painter and able to demonstrate the skills required for this qualification. Erecting and Dismantling Access/Working Platforms Preparing Surfaces for Painting/Decorating Applying Paint Systems by Brush and Roller Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Operating Equipment in Support of the Paint Sprayer Operating Equipment in Support of the Abrasive Blast Cleaner Applying Coatings by the Airless Spray Method Preparing Surfaces by Abrasive Blast Cleaning Hanging Standard Paper Wallcoverings Hanging Wide-Width Vinyls Applying Coatings by the Air Spray Method Producing and Applying Complex Stencil Designs Installing Coving and Decorative Mouldings Applying Coatings to Produce Textured Finishes Producing Broken Colour Work Producing Stencil Designs using Pre-Cut Stencil Plates This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 7
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Wood Occupations Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Wood Occupations are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and working in building and construction. Ideally learners will have some knowledge and basic skills of working with wood, under supervision, and are looking for recognition of their skills and an opportunity for progression. Conforming to general safety in the workplace Moving and handling resources Installing frames and linings Installing side hung doors Installing door ironmongery Installing internal mouldings Conforming to efficient working practices Setting up and using circular saws Producing setting out details for routine wheelwrighting products Marking out from setting out details for routine wheelwrighting products Manufacturing routine wheelwrighting products Installing shopfitting frames and finishings Installing shopfitting fitments Installing shopfronts and finishings Producing setting out details for routine shopfitting products Marking out from setting out details for routine shopfitting products Manufacturing routine shopfitting products And more We are open Monday-Friday and encourage visitors to the centre. You will not need an appointment, just turn up (08.30 17.00) and we will be happy to show you around. This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 8
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Building Maintenance Multi-trade Repair and Refurbishment Operations NVQ s are a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and working in building and construction. Learners will have some knowledge and basic skills of working under supervision, in commercial or domestic premises. Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Deliver Reliable Customer Service Erecting and Dismantling Access/Working Platforms Establishing Work Area Protection and Safety Clearing the Site and Handing Over on Completion Maintaining Non-structural Carpentry Work Maintaining Non-structural or Structural Components Repairing, Replacing and Renewing Gates, Posts and Fencing Applying Paint Systems by Brush and Roller Standard Paper Wallcoverings Preparing Background Surfaces for Plastering, Tiling, Panelling or Painting Decorating Tiling Wall and Floor Surfaces Removing and Renewing Floor Screeds Preparing Background Surfaces for Plasterwork Applying Finishing Plaster to Background Surfaces Maintaining Slate and Tile Roofing Repairing Roof Sheeting and Cladding Systems Repairing Membrane Roofing Systems Removing and Repairing Eaves and Verge Finishings Repairing and Maintaining Masonry Structures Repairing Basic Stonemasonry Structures This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 9
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Roof Occupations The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Roof Occupations is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and within a role such as a roofer or thatcher able to demonstrate the skills required for this qualification. Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Installing Roofing Backgrounds and Components Installing Pre-Formed Weathering Flashes to Roofs Installing Single-Lap Roof Coverings to a Variable Gauge Installing Plain Tile Roof Coverings Producing External Solid Render Finishes Installing Double-Lap Artificial Roof Slates Stripping and Reclaiming Pitched Roof Coverings Installing Components for Warm and Cold Roof Construction Installing Single-Lap Roof Coverings to a Fixed Gauge Installing Wood Shingle Roof Coverings Installing Double-Lap Concrete Roof Slates Installing Double-Lap Artificial Roof Slates (Diamond Pattern) Installing Regular Sized Natural Roof Slate to Standard Roof Details Preparing Resources for Hard and Soft Metal Roofing and Weathering This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 10
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Formwork The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Formwork is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and working in the construction and built environment sector working across a broad range of areas and are looking for recognition of their skills and an opportunity for progression. Fabricating and Maintaining Timber and Proprietary Formwork Systems Erecting and Striking Timber and Proprietary Formwork Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Preparing and Operating Scissor-type Mobile Elevating Work Platforms MEWP Preparing and Operating Boom-type Mobile Elevating Work Platforms MEWP Preparing and Operating Mast Climber-type Mobile Elevating Work Platforms MEWP Slinging and Hand Signalling the Movement of Suspended Loads Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area Developing and Maintaining Good Occupational Working Relationships Confirming the Occupational Method of Work Constructing, Maintaining and Repairing Complex Timber and Proprietary Formwork Erecting and Striking Timber and Proprietary Formwork for Complex Structures This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 11
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Specialist Concrete Occupations The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Specialist Concrete Occupations is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and in a role such as a specialist concreter, carrying out concrete repairs, decorative concrete operations, and lay screed and resin floors. Establishing Work Area Protection and Safety Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Surveying Degraded Concrete Structures Applying Materials to Repair Concrete Preparing Substrate for Sprayed Concrete Providing Structural Support by Sprayed Concrete Preparing Backgrounds Prior to Laying Decorative Concrete Placing Concrete and Producing a Decorative Finish Installing Street Ironwork Setting Out Secondary Dimensional Work Control Reshaping Using Hand Sawing Techniques Forming Drill Holes or Core in the Structural Fabric Forming Saw Cuts in Structural Fabric Material Preparing Backgrounds for Screed and Resin Floors This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 12
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steel Fixing The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steel Fixing is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and it is expected that most learners will already be employed carrying out specialist insulation in industrial settings. Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare Conforming to Productive Working Practices Moving, Handling and Storing Resources Cutting and Bending Reinforcement Steel to Shape Fixing Steel in Situ Prefabricating Reinforcement Steel Sections Slinging and Hand Signalling the Movement of Suspended Loads This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 13
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and it is expected that most learners will already be employed carrying out specialist insulation in industrial settings. Maintaining Systems for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection Assessing and Recommending Work Methods for Carrying Out Site Operations Planning Activities and Resources to Meet Work Requirements Co-ordinating and Organising the Control of Work Controlling Work Progress Against Agreed Programmes Allocating and Monitoring the Use of Plant, Equipment or Machinery Developing and Maintaining good Occupational Working Relationships Maintaining Supplies of Materials to Meet Project Requirements Implementing Communication Systems for Construction Projects Maintaining the Dimensional Accuracy of Work Controlling Work Against Agreed Standards Contributing to the Control of Work Quantities and Costs Co-ordinating Preparation Work for Site or Lifting Operations Allocating Work and Checking People s Performance Managing Personal Professional Development And More This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 600. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 14
Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Work Supervision The Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Work Supervision is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is only available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and in a role such as a construction supervisor / manager. Confirming work activities and resources for an occupational work area Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships Confirming the occupational method of work Implementing and maintaining health, safety and welfare Co-ordinating and organising work operations Allocating and monitoring the use of plant and equipment Monitoring progress of work against schedules Confirming work meets quality standards Implementing procedures to support the team s performance Co-ordinating and confirming dimensional control requirements of the work Contributing to the circulation of construction related project information This NVQ is 50% match funded and will cost the individual or employer 900. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 15
Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision The Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, aged 16 years or older and need to have appropriate experience at work, including responsibilities for supervising work activities on-site. This qualification provides learners the opportunity to develop and demonstrate competence as a construction site worker with supervisory responsibilities for a specialist technical activity selected from building and civil engineering, highways and maintenance repair, residential development, conservation, demolition and tunnelling. This qualification enables learners to demonstrate competence against National Occupational Standards which are based on the needs of the construction industry as defined by ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council. As such, they contribute to the development of skilled labour in the sector. Maintaining Systems for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection Assessing and Recommending Work Methods for Carrying Out Site Operations Planning Activities and Resources to Meet Work Requirements Co-ordinating and Organising the Control of Work Controlling Work Progress Against Agreed Programmes Allocating and Monitoring the Use of Plant, Equipment or Machinery Developing and Maintaining good Occupational Working Relationships Maintaining Supplies of Materials to Meet Project Requirements Implementing Communication Systems for Construction Projects Maintaining the Dimensional Accuracy of Work Controlling Work Against Agreed Standards Contributing to the Control of Work Quantities and Costs Co-ordinating Preparation Work for Site or Lifting Operations Allocating Work and Checking People s Performance Managing Personal Professional Development 16
Identifying and Enabling Learning Opportunities for Given Work Teams Planning Highways Maintenance or Repair Activities Supervising Highways Maintenance or Repair Activities Contributing to the Identification of Work Teams Providing and Monitoring Construction-related Customer Service Handing Over Property to Recipients Following Construction or Maintenance Related Activities Planning Historical Conservation/ Restoration Activities Supervising Historical Conservation/ Restoration Activities Planning Demolition Activities Supervising Demolition Activities Supervising Tunnelling Activities This qualification will enable successful candidates to apply for their CSCS Gold Supervisory card. If you would like to discuss the details of an NVQ or applying for your CSCS card please feel free to visit or call us at any time. (08.30 17.00) and we will be happy to show you around. This NVQ will cost the individual or employer 1794. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 17
Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management The Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision is a great way to gain a nationally recognised qualification, completed flexibly in your own time within your workplace. This qualification is available to those currently working within the construction and built environment sector and is designed to assess your occupational competency. Our skilled assessors will support you and make recommendations throughout your qualification to ensure that you are on track for gathering the correct evidence, such as factual accounts of your work, witness testimonies and photographic evidence of the jobs that you have completed. Learners must be in employment, and work or want to work as a Construction Site Manager in the construction sector. This qualification provides learners the opportunity to develop and demonstrate competence as a construction site manager for a specialist technical activity selected from building and civil engineering, highways and maintenance repair, residential development, conservation, demolition and tunnelling. This qualification enables learners to demonstrate competence against National Occupational Standards which are based on the needs of the construction industry as defined by ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council. As such, they contribute to the development of skilled labour in the sector. Identifying and enabling learning opportunities for given work teams in the workplace Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace Providing and monitoring construction-related customer service in the workplace Allocating work and checking people s performance in the workplace Contributing to the identification of work teams in the workplace Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace Establishing, implementing and maintaining systems for managing health, safety and welfare in the workplace Evaluating and selecting work methods to meet project or operational requirements in the workplace Monitoring construction related project activities in the workplace Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace Managing personal development in a construction- related workplace Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace Planning the preparation of the site for the project or operation in the workplace Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace Establishing and monitoring communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace Establishing project dimensional control criteria in the workplace Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace Evaluating feedback information and recommending improvements in the workplace 18
Planning highways maintenance or repair activities in the workplace Managing the handover of the construction project in the workplace Planning and scheduling the maintenance or remedial activities of property, systems or services in the workplace Planning historical conservation/restoration activities in the workplace Planning demolition activities in the workplace Planning tunnelling activities in the workplace This qualification will enable successful candidates to apply for their CSCS Black Site Managers Supervisory card. If you would like to discuss the details of an NVQ or applying for your CSCS card please feel free to visit or call us at any time. (08.30 17.00) and we will be happy to show you around. This NVQ will cost the individual or employer 2340. A 150 deposit will secure your booking and the remaining balance will required before the NVQ start date. Payments should be made within 30 days of invoice and are payable via cash, cheque, credit or debit card. 19
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