ProQual - Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Construction using Off-site Manufactured Assemblies-Cold Formed Steel Frame-Erection course syllabus.

Category: OnSite

Level: Beginner

Pathway 1: Cold Formed Steel Frame - Erection

The ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Construction using Off - site Manufactured Assemblies (Construction) qualification provides a nationally recognised qualification for those working in the occupational area of construction using off-site manufactured assemblies. The qualification assesses occupational competence in the workplace where candidates are required to demonstrate skills and knowledge to a level required in the construction industry.

There are four pathways:

Pathway 1: Cold Formed Steel Frame - Erection

Pathway 2: Cold Formed Steel Frame - Assembly/Erection

Pathway 3: Modular and Portable Building

Pathway 4: Erection of Precast Concrete - Structural

The awarding body for this qualification is ProQual Awarding Body and the regulatory body is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual).

The qualification has been accredited onto the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is published on Ofquals Register of Qualifications.

By choosing to carry out the Cold Formed Steel Frame - Erection pathway for your NVQ you will complete the following mandatory units:

Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace

Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace

Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace

Erecting steel frame walls, floors and roofs in the workplace

Installing supplementary steel frame finishings in the workplace

Candidates must complete 5 Mandatory units

Unit Ref
Title
Level
CITB reference provided for information only

M/508/6537
Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
1641

T/508/6538
Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
2642

Y/508/6533
Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
2643

M/617/1436
Erecting steel frame walls, floors and roofs in the workplace
2291v3

T/617/1437
Installing supplementary steel frame finishings in the workplace
2296v2

Additional units - Candidates may complete any of the Additional Units but these will not count towards the qualification.

Unit Ref
Title
Level
CITB reference provided for information only

F/616/1705
Install sheeting and cladding systems on roofs and walls in the workplace
295v2

L/616/1707
Preparing backing walls to receive rainscreen wall cladding systems in the workplace
2183v3

A/508/6525
Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
2402Av1

This qualification is competence-based, candidates must demonstrate the level of competence described in the units. Assessment is the process of measuring a candidates skill, knowledge and understanding against the standards set in the qualification.

The qualifications must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with the Construction Skills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment, and it must be internally assessed by an appropriately experienced and qualified assessor.

Each candidate is required to produce a portfolio of evidence which demonstrates their achievement of all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.

Evidence can include:

observation report by assessor

assignments/projects/reports

professional discussion

witness testimony

candidate product

worksheets

record of oral and written questioning

Recognition of Prior Learning