Qualification overview
Develop and prove you have the skills needed to be a knowledgeable, qualified construction site manager. This NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management will cover health and safety, site set up, pre-start procedures, environmental considerations, planning, resourcing, quality, customer satisfaction and handover.
Who the qualification is aimed at
This work-based qualification is aimed at learners working in site management roles or overseeing larger projects and sites across building and civil engineering or residential development. It is designed for those with the authority, accountability and decision-making responsibilities associated with site management roles.
Qualification content
Learners must complete all mandatory units and select up to two optional units depending on pathway.
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- Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace
- Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace
- Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace
- Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace
- Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace
- Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace
- Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace
- Monitoring project activities in the workplace
- Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace
- Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace
- Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace
- Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace
- Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace
- Managing own personal development in the workplace
- Providing customer services in the construction workplace
- Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace
- Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace
- Managing the project handover in the workplace
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Learners must choose two of the following:
- Planning activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
- Planning demolition activities in the workplace
- Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace
- Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace
- Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace
- Planning the installation of retrofit works in the workplace
- Managing installation, commissioning and handover of retrofit works in the workplace
- Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace
- Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace
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- Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace
- Allocating work and monitoring people's performance in the workplace
- Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace
- Establishing, implementing and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare and wellbeing in the workplace
- Establishing, controlling and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace
- Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace
- Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace
- Monitoring project activities in the workplace
- Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace
- Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace
- Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace
- Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace
- Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace
- Managing own personal development in the workplace
- Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace
- Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace
- Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace
- Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace
- Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace
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Learners must choose one of the following:
- Planning activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
- Planning demolition activities in the workplace
- Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace
- Managing the project handover in the workplace
- Planning tunnelling activities in the workplace
- Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace
How long does it take?
Most NVQs take 9-12 months to complete, but it is not uncommon for learners to finish earlier. If it takes more than a year, then there may be a charge for each extra month.
Costs and grants
This NVQ Level 6 costs £3,105 +VAT if completed within 12 months.
Where does it lead?
On completion of this NVQ, you could consider taking a higher qualification such as the Level 7 NVQ in Construction Senior Management. Your assessor will be delighted to discuss these and any other options with you.
What level is it?
An NVQ Level 6 is equivalent to a Bachelors degree.
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