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Specification
Edexcel Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steelfixing Occupations (Construction) (QCF)
For first registration August 2010
Edexcel NVQ/competence-based qualifications
Edexcel, a Pearson company, is the UK’s largest awarding organisation offering vocational and academic qualifications and testing, to employers, training providers, colleges, schools, and other places of learning in the UK, and in over 85 countries worldwide.
Our specialist suite of qualifications include NVQs, Apprenticeships, WorkSkills, Functional Skills, Foundation Learning, as well as our exclusive range of BTECs, from entry level right through to Higher National Diplomas.
References to third party material made in this specification are made in good faith. Edexcel does not endorse, approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials, which may be subject to change, or any opinions expressed therein. (Material may include textbooks, journals, magazines and other publications and websites.)
Authorised by Roger Beard Prepared by John Crew
Publication code N025036
All the material in this publication is copyright © Edexcel Limited 2010
Contents
Qualification title covered by this specification 1
Key features of the Edexcel Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steelfixing Occupations (Construction) (QCF) 3
What is the purpose of this qualification? 3
Who is this qualification for? 3
What are the benefits of this qualification to the learner and employer? 3
What are the potential job roles for those working towards this qualification? 3
What progression opportunities are available to learners who achieve this qualification? 4
What is the qualification structure for the Edexcel Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steelfixing Occupations (Construction) (QCF)? 5
How is the qualification graded and assessed? 6 Assessment Requirements/Strategy 6
Types of evidence 7
Additional requirements 7
What do you need to offer this qualification? 8 Centre recognition 8
Approvals agreement 8
Quality assurance 8
What resources are required to deliver this qualification? 8
Unit format 9
Units 11 Unit 1: Conforming to general safety in the workplace 13
Unit 2: Conforming to efficient working practices in the workplace 17
Unit 3: Moving and handling resources in the workplace 21
Unit 4: Cutting and bending reinforcement steel to shape in the workplace 27
Unit 5: Fixing reinforcing steel in situ for concrete structures in the workplace 35
Unit 6: Prefabricating reinforcement steel sections for installation in the workplace 45
Unit 7: Slinging and signalling the movement of loads (secondary role) in the workplace 55
Further information 65
Useful publications 65 How to obtain National Occupational Standards 65
Professional development and training 66
Annexe A: Progression pathways 67 The Edexcel qualification framework for the Construction and the Built Environment sector 67
Annexe B: Quality assurance 71 Key principles of quality assurance 71
Quality assurance processes 71
Annexe C: Centre certification and registration 73 What are the access arrangements and special considerations for the qualification in this specification? 73
Annexe D: Additional requirements for qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF 75
Annexe E: Assessment Requirements/Strategy 83
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Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
1
Qua
lific
atio
n ti
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by t
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the
Edex
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fixi
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ccupations
(Const
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VQ
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lom
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Ste
elfixi
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ccupat
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419/1
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within
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Qualif
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um
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(Q
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you w
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unit w
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Spec
ific
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n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
–
Issu
e 1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
2
Thes
e titles
rep
lace
the
follo
win
g q
ual
ific
atio
ns
from
August
2010:
Qu
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tit
le
Qu
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A
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teel
fixi
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4/2
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31/1
2/2
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Key features of the Edexcel Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steelfixing Occupations (Construction) (QCF)
This qualification:
• is nationally recognised
• is based on the ConstructionSkills National Occupational Standards (NOS). The NOS, assessment requirements/strategy and qualification structure(s) are owned by ConstructionSkills.
The Edexcel Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steelfixing Occupations (Construction) (QCF) has been approved as a component for the ConstructionSkills Apprenticeship framework.
What is the purpose of this qualification?
This qualification is appropriate for employees in the construction and built environment sector working across a broad range of areas. It is designed to assess occupational competence in the workplace where learners are required to demonstrate skills and knowledge to a level required in the construction industry.
Who is this qualification for?
This qualification is for all learners aged 16 and above who are capable of reaching the required standards.
Edexcel’s policy is that the qualification should:
• be free from any barriers that restrict access and progression
• ensure equality of opportunity for all wishing to access the qualifications.
What are the benefits of this qualification to the learner and employer?
This qualification allows 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, it contributes to the development of skilled labour in the sector. The qualification may contribute towards the competence element of an Apprenticeship.
What are the potential job roles for those working towards this qualification?
• Construction operative.
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What progression opportunities are available to learners who achieve this qualification?
This qualification allows learners to demonstrate competence in steelfixing occupations at a level required by the construction and the built environment industry.
Learners can progress across the level and size of the construction and the built environment competence and knowledge qualifications and into other occupational areas such as team leading and management.
Further information is available in Annexe A.
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What is the qualification structure for the Edexcel Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Steelfixing Occupations (Construction) (QCF)?
Individual units can be found in the Units section. The QCF level and credit value are given on the first page of each unit.
Learners must complete all units in Group A and two units in Group B for a minimum total of 48 credits.
An additional unit may be taken from Group C.
A – Mandatory units
Learners must complete all units in this group. Credit value required: minimum 10, maximum 10.
F/600/7138 – Conforming to general safety in the workplace
J/600/7139 – Conforming to efficient working practices in the workplace
J/600/7142 – Moving and handling resources in the workplace
B – Optional units
Learners must take two units from this group.
Credit value required: minimum 38.
K/600/7568 – Cutting and bending reinforcement steel to shape in the workplace
M/600/7569 – Fixing reinforcing steel in situ for concrete structures in the workplace
K/600/7571 – Prefabricating reinforcement steel sections for installation in the workplace
C – Additional unit
R/600/8102 – Slinging and signalling the movement of loads (secondary role) in the workplace
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How is the qualification graded and assessed?
The overall grade for the qualification is a ‘pass’. The learner must achieve all the required units within the specified qualification structure.
To pass a unit the learner must:
• achieve all the specified learning outcomes
• satisfy all the assessment criteria by providing sufficient and valid evidence for each criterion
• show that the evidence is their own.
The qualification is designed to be assessed:
• in the workplace or
• in conditions resembling the workplace, as specified in the assessment requirements/strategy for the sector, or
• as part of a training programme.
Assessment Requirements/Strategy
The Assessment Requirements/Strategy for this qualification has been included in Annexe E. It has been developed by ConstructionSkills in partnership with employers, training providers, awarding organisations and the regulatory authorities. The Assessment Strategy includes details on:
• criteria for defining realistic working environments
• roles and occupational competence of assessors, expert witnesses, internal verifiers and standards verifiers
• quality control of assessment
• evidence requirements.
Evidence of competence may come from:
• current practice where evidence is generated from a current job role
• a programme of development where evidence comes from assessment opportunities built into a learning/training programme whether at or away from the workplace
• the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) where a learner can demonstrate that they can meet the assessment criteria within a unit through knowledge, understanding or skills they already possess without undertaking a course of learning. They must submit sufficient, reliable and valid evidence for internal and standards verification purposes. RPL is acceptable for accrediting a unit, several units or a whole qualification
• a combination of these.
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It is important that the evidence is:
Valid relevant to the standards for which competence is claimed
Authentic produced by the learner
Current sufficiently recent to create confidence that the same skill, understanding or knowledge persist at the time of the claim
Reliable indicates that the learner can consistently perform at this level
Sufficient fully meets the requirements of the standards.
Types of evidence
To successfully achieve a unit the learner must gather evidence which shows that they have met the required standard in the assessment criteria. Evidence can take a variety of different forms including the following examples:
• direct observation of the learner’s performance by their assessor
• outcomes from oral or written questioning
• products of the learner’s work
• personal statements and/or reflective accounts
• outcomes from simulation, where permitted by the Assessment Strategy
• professional discussion
• assignment, project/case studies
• authentic statements/witness testimony
• expert witness testimony
• reflective accounts
• evidence of Recognition of Prior Learning.
Learners can use one piece of evidence to prove their knowledge, skills and understanding across different assessment criteria and/or across different units. It is, therefore, not necessary for learners to have each assessment criterion assessed separately. Learners should be encouraged to reference the assessment criteria to which the evidence relates.
Evidence must be made available to the assessor, internal verifier and Edexcel standards verifier. A range of recording documents is available on the Edexcel website www.edexcel.com. Alternatively, centres may develop their own.
Additional requirements
The Joint Awarding Body and the SSC Working Practices Group have identified additional requirements that are needed to assess and quality assure qualifications placed on the QCF that use NVQ within their title. These requirements are shown in Annexe D: Additional requirements for qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF.
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What do you need to offer this qualification?
Centre recognition
Centres that have not previously offered Edexcel qualifications need to apply for and be granted centre recognition as part of the process for approval to offer individual qualifications. New centres must complete both a centre recognition approval application and a qualification approval application.
Existing centres will be given ‘automatic approval’ for a new qualification if they are already approved for a qualification that is being replaced by the new qualification and the conditions for automatic approval are met. Centres already holding Edexcel approval are able to gain qualification approval for a different level or different sector via Edexcel online.
Approvals agreement
All centres are required to enter into an approvals agreement which is a formal commitment by the head or principal of a centre to meet all the requirements of the specification and any linked codes or regulations. Edexcel will act to protect the integrity of the awarding of qualifications, if centres do not comply with the agreement. This could result in the suspension of certification or withdrawal of approval.
Quality assurance
Detailed information on Edexcel’s quality assurance processes is given in Annexe B.
What resources are required to deliver this qualification?
Each qualification is designed to support learners working in the Construction and the Built Environment sector. Physical resources need to support the delivery of the qualifications and the assessment of the learning outcomes and must be of industry standard. Centres must meet any specific resource requirements outlined in Annexe E: Assessment Requirements/Strategy. Staff assessing the learner must meet the requirements within the overarching Assessment Strategy for the sector.
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Unit format
Each unit in this specification contains the following sections.
Unit title:
Unit reference number:
QCF level:
Credit value:
Guided learning hours:
Unit summary:
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements:
Assessment methodology:
Learning outcomes:
Assessment criteria:
Evidence type:
Portfolio reference:
Date:
The unit title is accredited on the QCF and this form of words will appear on the learner’s Notification of Performance (NOP).
All units and qualifications within the QCF have a level assigned to them, which represents the level of achievement. There are nine levels of achievement, from Entry level to level 8. The level of the unit has been informed by the QCF level descriptors and, where appropriate, the NOS and/or other sector/professional.
All units have a credit value. The minimum credit value is one, and credits can only be awarded in whole numbers. Learners will be awarded credits when they achieve the unit.
A notional measure of the substance of a qualification. It includes an estimate of the time that might be allocated to direct teaching or instruction, together with other structured learning time, such as directed assignments, assessments on the job or supported individual study and practice. It excludes learner-initiated private study.
This provides a summary of the purpose of the unit.
The assessment/evidence requirements are determined by the SSC. Learners must provide evidence for each of the requirements stated in this section.
Learning outcomes state exactly what a learner should know, understand or be able to do as a result of completing a unit.
The assessment criteria of a unit specify the standard a learner is expected to meet to demonstrate that a learning outcome, or a set of learning outcomes, has been achieved.
Learners must reference the type of evidence they have and where it is available for quality assurance purposes. The learner can enter the relevant key and a reference. Alternatively, the learner and/or centre can devise their own referencing system.
This provides a summary of the assessment methodology to be used for the unit.
The learner should use this box to indicate where the evidence can be obtained eg portfolio page number.
The learner should give the date when the evidence has been provided.
This code is a unique reference number for the unit.
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Units
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Unit 1: Conforming to general safety in the workplace
Unit reference number: F/600/7138
QCF level: 1
Credit value: 2
Guided learning hours: 7
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in conforming to general safety in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of conforming to general safety in the workplace to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated except for assessment criterion 4.1.
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Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
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Spec
ific
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Edex
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vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
15
Lear
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out
com
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nd a
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t cr
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Learn
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and
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with
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and/o
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of
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ional ar
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VQ
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(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
–
Issu
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Oct
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2010 ©
Edex
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mited
2010
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in s
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gen
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type
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work
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Sta
te t
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types
of
fire
ext
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s av
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and
des
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and w
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they
are
use
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Lear
ner
nam
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D
ate:
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Lear
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sig
nat
ure
:_______________________________________
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ate:
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Ass
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ate:
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Unit 2: Conforming to efficient working practices in the workplace
Unit reference number: J/600/7139
QCF level: 2
Credit value: 3
Guided learning hours: 10
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in conforming to efficient working practices in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review of other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of conforming to efficient working practices to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
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Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
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n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
19
Lear
ning
out
com
es a
nd a
sses
smen
t cr
iter
ia
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
1
Com
munic
ate
with o
ther
s to
est
ablis
h p
roduct
ive
work
ing r
elat
ionsh
ips
1.1
Com
munic
ate
with c
olle
agues
and/o
r cl
ients
to
ensu
re t
hat
the
work
is
carr
ied o
ut
effici
ently
1.2
Exp
lain
diffe
rent
met
hods
of co
mm
unic
atin
g w
ith
line
man
ager
s, c
o-w
ork
ers
and c
lients
1.3
G
ive
reaso
ns
for
usi
ng c
erta
in m
ethods
of
com
munic
atio
n f
or
par
ticu
lar
job a
ctiv
itie
s
1.4
D
escr
ibe
the
reaso
ns
for
com
munic
atin
g e
ffic
iently
and e
ffec
tive
ly,
and t
he
conse
quen
ces
of
poor
com
munic
atio
n
2
Follo
w o
rgan
isat
ional
pro
cedure
s to
mai
nta
in
good w
ork
rel
ationsh
ips
2.1
Car
ry o
ut
work
in c
onju
nct
ion w
ith o
ther
work
ers
and m
ain
tain
har
monis
ed r
elat
ionsh
ips
2.2
Exp
lain
how
org
anis
ational
work
pro
cedure
s ar
e ap
plie
d t
o m
ainta
in g
ood w
ork
ing r
elat
ionsh
ips
with
line
man
ager
s, c
o-w
ork
ers
and c
lients
2.3
Sta
te t
he
reas
ons
for
effe
ctiv
e w
ork
ing
rela
tionsh
ips
with lin
e m
anag
ers,
co-w
ork
ers
and
clie
nts
2.4
D
escr
ibe
the
conse
quen
ces
for
effici
ent
work
ing if
rela
tionsh
ips
with lin
e m
anag
ers,
co-w
ork
ers
and
clie
nts
are
poor
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Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
–
Issu
e 1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
20
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
3
Mai
nta
in a
ppro
pri
ate
reco
rds
in a
ccord
ance
with
the
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s
3.1
Com
ple
te r
elev
ant
docu
men
tation a
ccord
ing t
o t
he
occ
upat
ion in a
ccord
ance
with o
rgan
isational
pro
cedure
s
3.2
D
escr
ibe
how
to m
ainta
in d
ocu
men
tation in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith o
rgan
isat
ional
pro
cedure
s re
lating
to:
–
job c
ards
–
work
shee
ts
–
mat
eria
l/re
sourc
e lis
ts
–
tim
e sh
eets
3.3
Exp
lain
the
reaso
ns
for
ensu
ring d
ocu
men
tation is
com
ple
ted c
lear
ly a
nd w
ithin
giv
en t
imes
cale
s
Lear
ner
nam
e:__________________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Lear
ner
sig
nat
ure
:_______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Ass
esso
r si
gnat
ure
:______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Inte
rnal
ver
ifie
r si
gnatu
re:
________________________________
(i
f sa
mple
d)
Dat
e:___________________________
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21
Unit 3: Moving and handling resources in the workplace
Unit reference number: J/600/7142
QCF level: 2
Credit value: 5
Guided learning hours: 17
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in moving and handling resources in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of moving and handling resources to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
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Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
N025036 –
Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
23
Lear
ning
out
com
es a
nd a
sses
smen
t cr
iter
ia
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
1
Know
how
to c
om
ply
with
giv
en info
rmat
ion w
hen
m
ovi
ng a
nd s
toring
reso
urc
es
1.1
D
escr
ibe
thei
r re
sponsi
bili
ties
under
curr
ent
legis
lation a
nd o
ffic
ial guid
ance
while
work
ing:
–
on s
ite,
bel
ow
gro
und lev
el,
at
hei
ght,
with t
ools
an
d e
quip
men
t, w
ith m
ater
ials
and s
ubst
ance
s an
d b
y m
anual
han
dlin
g a
nd m
echan
ical
lifting
1.2
D
escr
ibe
the
org
anis
atio
nal
sec
urity
pro
cedure
s fo
r to
ols
, eq
uip
men
t an
d p
erso
nal
bel
ongin
gs
in
rela
tion t
o s
ite,
work
pla
ce,
com
pan
y an
d o
per
ativ
e
1.3
Sta
te w
hat
the
acc
iden
t re
port
ing p
roce
dure
s are
an
d w
ho is
resp
onsi
ble
for
maki
ng t
he
report
s
2
Mai
nta
in s
afe
work
ing
pra
ctic
es w
hen
movi
ng
and h
andlin
g r
esourc
es
2.1
U
se p
erso
nal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
safe
ly t
o
carr
y out
the
activi
ty in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
and o
rgan
isat
ional
req
uirem
ents
when
movi
ng a
nd
han
dlin
g r
esourc
es
2.2
Exp
lain
why
and w
hen
per
sonal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
should
be
use
d,
rela
ting t
o
movi
ng a
nd h
andlin
g r
esourc
es,
and t
he
types
, purp
ose
and lim
itat
ions
of
each
typ
e
2.3
Sta
te h
ow
em
ergen
cies
should
be
resp
onded
to in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith o
rgan
isat
ional
auth
orisa
tion a
nd
per
sonal
ski
lls w
hen
invo
lved
with fires
, sp
illag
es,
inju
ries
and o
ther
task
-rel
ated
haz
ards
2.4
Sta
te t
he
types
of
fire
ext
inguis
her
s av
aila
ble
and
des
crib
e how
and w
hen
they
are
use
d
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Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
–
Issu
e 1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
24
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
3
Sel
ect
the
reso
urc
es t
o b
e st
ore
d a
nd e
nsu
re t
hey
co
nfo
rm t
o t
he
giv
en
info
rmat
ion
3.1
D
escr
ibe
the
chara
cter
istics
, qual
ity,
use
s,
limitat
ions
and d
efec
ts a
ssoci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es in r
elation t
o:
–
mat
eria
ls,
com
ponen
ts,
fixi
ngs,
fittings
and
anci
llary
ite
ms
–
han
d a
nd/o
r pow
ered
tools
and e
quip
men
t
–
inte
rnal
ly o
r ex
tern
ally
supplie
d.
3.2
Sel
ect
the
reso
urc
es t
o b
e m
ove
d a
nd/o
r st
ore
d f
or
ow
n w
ork
and t
hat
of
the
team
, in
rel
atio
n t
o
mat
eria
ls,
com
ponen
ts,
fixi
ngs,
tools
and
equip
men
t
3.3
Sta
te h
ow
the
reso
urc
es s
hould
be
han
dle
d a
nd
how
pro
ble
ms
ass
oci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
re
report
ed
3.4
Sta
te w
hy
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s ar
e dev
eloped
an
d h
ow
they
are
use
d
3.5
O
utlin
e pote
ntial
haz
ard
s as
soci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
nd m
ethod o
f w
ork
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Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
25
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
4
Com
ply
with t
he
giv
en
info
rmation t
o p
reve
nt
dam
age
to t
he
pro
duct
an
d s
urr
oundin
g
envi
ronm
ent
when
movi
ng
and h
andlin
g r
esourc
es
4.1
Pr
ote
ct t
he
pro
duct
and t
he
surr
oundin
g a
rea
from
dam
age
4.2
M
inim
ise
dam
age
and m
ainta
in a
cle
an w
ork
space
.
4.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to p
rote
ct w
ork
fro
m d
am
age
and t
he
purp
ose
of
pro
tect
ion in r
elat
ion t
o g
ener
al
work
pla
ce a
ctiv
itie
s, o
ther
occ
upat
ions
and a
dve
rse
wea
ther
conditio
ns
4.4
D
ispose
of
was
te p
acka
gin
g in a
ccord
ance
with
legis
lation
4.5
Sta
te w
hy
the
dis
posa
l of w
ast
e sh
ould
be
carr
ied
out
in r
elat
ion t
o t
he
work
and h
ow
it
is a
chie
ved
5
Com
ply
with t
he
giv
en
pro
duct
info
rmat
ion t
o
move
and h
andle
re
sourc
es t
o t
he
required
guid
ance
5.1
D
emonst
rate
the
follo
win
g w
ork
ski
lls w
hen
movi
ng
and h
andlin
g r
esourc
es:
–
movi
ng,
posi
tionin
g,
secu
ring a
nd u
sing lifting
aids
and k
inet
ic lifting t
echniq
ues
.
5.2
H
andle
and s
tore
occ
upat
ional re
sourc
es t
o m
eet
pro
duct
info
rmat
ion a
nd/o
r org
anis
atio
nal
re
quirem
ents
rel
atin
g t
o a
t le
ast
thre
e of
the
follo
win
g:
–
shee
t m
ater
ial
–
loose
mate
rial
–
bag
ged
or
wra
pped
mat
eria
l
–
frag
ile m
ater
ial
–
com
ponen
ts
–
liquid
mat
eria
l
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ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
–
Issu
e 1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
26
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
5.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to a
pply
saf
e w
ork
pra
ctic
es,
follo
w
pro
cedure
s, r
eport
pro
ble
ms
and e
stab
lish t
he
auth
ority
nee
ded
to r
ectify
them
, fo
r:
–
man
ual
han
dlin
g a
nd s
tora
ge
–
mai
nte
nan
ce o
f lif
ting a
ids
5.4
Saf
ely
use
and s
tore
lifting a
ids
and e
quip
men
t.
5.5
Sta
te t
he
nee
ds
of oth
er o
ccupat
ions
when
movi
ng
and h
andlin
g r
esourc
es
Lear
ner
nam
e:__________________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Lear
ner
sig
nat
ure
:_______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Ass
esso
r si
gnat
ure
:______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Inte
rnal
ver
ifie
r si
gnatu
re:
________________________________
(i
f sa
mple
d)
Dat
e:___________________________
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27
Unit 4: Cutting and bending reinforcement steel to shape in the workplace
Unit reference number: K/600/7568
QCF level: 2
Credit value: 16
Guided learning hours: 53
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in cutting and bending reinforcement steel to shape in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of cutting and bending reinforcement steel to shape to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against one of the following endorsements:
• hand bending machines
• power bending machines.
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Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
N025036 –
Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
29
Lear
ning
out
com
es a
nd a
sses
smen
t cr
iter
ia
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
1
Inte
rpre
t th
e giv
en
info
rmat
ion r
elating t
o t
he
work
and r
esourc
es w
hen
cu
ttin
g a
nd b
endin
g
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
1.1
In
terp
ret
and e
xtra
ct info
rmat
ion fro
m d
raw
ings,
sp
ecific
atio
ns,
ben
din
g s
ched
ule
s an
d
man
ufa
cture
rs' in
form
atio
n
1.2
Com
ply
with info
rmation a
nd/o
r in
stru
ctio
ns
der
ived
fro
m r
isk
asse
ssm
ents
and m
ethod
stat
emen
ts
1.3
Sta
te t
he
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s dev
eloped
to
report
and r
ectify
inappro
priat
e in
form
atio
n a
nd
unsu
itab
le r
esourc
es a
nd h
ow
they
are
im
ple
men
ted
1.4
D
escr
ibe
diffe
rent
types
of
info
rmat
ion,
thei
r so
urc
e an
d h
ow
they
are
inte
rpre
ted in r
elation t
o:
–
dra
win
gs,
spec
ific
atio
ns,
sch
edule
s,
man
ufa
cture
rs' in
form
atio
n,
ora
l/w
ritt
en
info
rmat
ion a
nd c
urr
ent
regula
tions
N025036 –
Spec
ific
atio
n –
Edex
cel Le
vel 2 N
VQ
Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
–
Issu
e 1 –
Oct
ober
2010 ©
Edex
cel Li
mited
2010
30
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
2
Know
how
to c
om
ply
with
rele
vant
legis
lation a
nd
offic
ial guid
ance
when
cu
ttin
g a
nd b
endin
g
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
2.1
D
escr
ibe
thei
r re
sponsi
bili
ties
under
curr
ent
legis
lation a
nd o
ffic
ial guid
ance
while
work
ing:
–
in t
he
work
pla
ce,
bel
ow
gro
und lev
el,
at h
eight,
in
confined
space
s, w
ith t
ools
and e
quip
men
t,
with m
ate
rial
s an
d s
ubst
ance
s, w
ith
move
men
t/st
ora
ge
of m
ater
ials
and b
y m
anual
han
dlin
g a
nd m
echan
ical
lifting.
2.2
D
escr
ibe
the
org
anis
atio
nal
sec
urity
pro
cedure
s fo
r to
ols
, eq
uip
men
t an
d p
erso
nal
bel
ongin
gs
in
rela
tion t
o s
ite,
work
pla
ce,
com
pan
y an
d o
per
ativ
e
2.3
Sta
te w
hat
the
acc
iden
t re
port
ing p
roce
dure
s are
an
d w
ho is
resp
onsi
ble
for
maki
ng r
eport
s
3
Mai
nta
in s
afe
work
ing
pra
ctic
es w
hen
cutt
ing
and b
endin
g
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
3.1
U
se p
erso
nal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
safe
ly t
o
carr
y out
the
activi
ty in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
and o
rgan
isat
ional
req
uirem
ents
when
cutt
ing a
nd
ben
din
g r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l to
shap
e
3.2
Exp
lain
why
and w
hen
per
sonal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
should
be
use
d,
rela
ting t
o t
he
cutt
ing a
nd b
endin
g o
f re
info
rcem
ent
stee
l, a
nd t
he
types
, purp
ose
and lim
itat
ions
of ea
ch t
ype
3.3
Sta
te h
ow
em
ergen
cies
should
be
resp
onded
to in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith o
rgan
isat
ional
auth
orisa
tion a
nd
per
sonal
ski
lls w
hen
invo
lved
with fires
, sp
illag
es,
inju
ries
and o
ther
task
-rel
ated
haz
ards
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ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
4
Sel
ect
the
required
quan
tity
and q
ual
ity
of
reso
urc
es f
or
the
met
hods
of w
ork
to c
ut
and b
end
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
4.1
D
escr
ibe
the
chara
cter
istics
, qual
ity,
use
s,
limitat
ions
and d
efec
ts a
ssoci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es in r
elation t
o:
–
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
–
ben
din
g m
achin
es (
han
d o
r m
ach
ine
oper
ated
)
–
han
d a
nd/o
r pow
ered
tools
and a
nci
llary
eq
uip
men
t
4.2
Sel
ect
reso
urc
es a
ssoci
ated
with o
wn w
ork
in
rela
tion t
o m
ater
ials
, co
mponen
ts,
fixi
ngs,
tools
an
d e
quip
men
t
4.3
Sta
te h
ow
the
reso
urc
es s
hould
be
use
d c
orr
ectly,
how
pro
ble
ms
ass
oci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
re
report
ed a
nd h
ow
the
org
anis
ational
pro
cedure
s
are
use
d
4.4
O
utlin
e pote
ntial
haz
ard
s as
soci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
nd m
ethod o
f w
ork
4.5
D
escr
ibe
how
to c
alc
ula
te q
uan
tity
, le
ngth
and
was
tage
ass
oci
ated
with t
he
met
hod/p
roce
dure
to
cut
and b
end r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l
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ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
5
Min
imis
e th
e ri
sk o
f dam
age
to t
he
work
and
surr
oundin
g a
rea w
hen
cu
ttin
g a
nd b
endin
g
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
5.1
Pr
ote
ct t
he
work
and its
surr
oundin
g a
rea
from
dam
age
5.2
M
inim
ise
dam
age
and m
ainta
in a
cle
an w
ork
space
5.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to p
rote
ct w
ork
fro
m d
am
age
and t
he
purp
ose
of
pro
tect
ion in r
elat
ion t
o g
ener
al
work
pla
ce a
ctiv
itie
s, o
ther
occ
upat
ions
and a
dve
rse
wea
ther
conditio
ns
5.4
D
ispose
of
was
te in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
5.5
Sta
te w
hy
the
dis
posa
l of w
ast
e sh
ould
be
carr
ied
out
in r
elat
ion t
o t
he
work
6
Com
ple
te t
he
work
within
th
e al
loca
ted t
ime
when
cu
ttin
g a
nd b
endin
g
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
6.1
D
emonst
rate
com
ple
tion o
f th
e w
ork
within
the
allo
cate
d t
ime
6.2
Sta
te t
he
purp
ose
of
the
work
pro
gra
mm
e an
d
expla
in w
hy
dea
dlin
es s
hould
be
kept
in r
elat
ion t
o:
–
types
of
pro
gre
ss c
hart
s, t
imet
able
s an
d
estim
ated
tim
es
–
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s fo
r re
port
ing
circ
um
stan
ces
whic
h w
ill a
ffec
t th
e w
ork
pro
gra
mm
e
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Evid
en
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typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
7
Com
ply
with t
he
giv
en
contr
act
info
rmation t
o c
ut
and b
end r
einfo
rce
stee
l to
shap
e to
the
required
sp
ecific
atio
n
7.1
D
emonst
rate
the
follo
win
g w
ork
ski
lls w
hen
cutt
ing
and b
endin
g r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l to
shap
e:
–
mea
suring,
mar
king o
ut,
cutt
ing a
nd b
endin
g
7.2
Cut
and b
end r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l to
giv
en w
ork
ing
inst
ruct
ions
to s
tandar
d s
hap
es u
sing r
ecognis
ed
codes
by
usi
ng o
ne
of th
e fo
llow
ing:
–
han
d b
endin
g m
achin
es
–
pow
er b
endin
g m
achin
es
7.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to a
pply
saf
e w
ork
pra
ctic
es,
follo
w
pro
cedure
s, r
eport
pro
ble
ms
and e
stab
lish t
he
auth
ority
nee
ded
to r
ectify
them
, to
:
–
mea
sure
, m
ark
out,
cut
and b
end r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l st
andar
d s
hap
es u
sing r
ecognis
ed c
odes
–
use
hand b
endin
g m
ach
ines
and/o
r pow
er
ben
din
g m
achin
es
–
use
han
d t
ools
, pow
er t
ools
and e
quip
men
t
7.4
Saf
ely
use
and s
tore
mat
eria
ls,
han
d t
ools
, port
able
pow
er t
ools
and a
nci
llary
equip
men
t
7.5
Sta
te t
he
nee
ds
of oth
er o
ccupat
ions
and h
ow
to
com
munic
ate
within
a t
eam
when
cutt
ing a
nd
ben
din
g r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l
7.6
D
escr
ibe
how
to m
ainta
in t
he
tools
and e
quip
men
t use
d f
or
cutt
ing a
nd b
endin
g r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l
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Lear
ner
nam
e:__________________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Lear
ner
sig
nat
ure
:_______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Ass
esso
r si
gnat
ure
:______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Inte
rnal
ver
ifie
r si
gnatu
re:
________________________________
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Dat
e:___________________________
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Unit 5: Fixing reinforcing steel in situ for concrete structures in the workplace
Unit reference number: M/600/7569
QCF level: 2
Credit value: 22
Guided learning hours: 73
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in fixing reinforcing steel in situ for concrete structures in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of fixing reinforcing steel in situ for concrete structures to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
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This unit must be assessed against one of the following endorsements:
• beams
• bases
• columns
• slabs
• staircases
• walls.
Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
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upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
– I
ssue
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ober
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Edex
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mited
2010
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Lear
ning
out
com
es a
nd a
sses
smen
t cr
iter
ia
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
1
Inte
rpre
t th
e giv
en
info
rmat
ion r
elating t
o t
he
work
and r
esourc
es w
hen
fixi
ng in s
itu r
einfo
rcin
g
stee
l
1.1
In
terp
ret
and e
xtra
ct info
rmat
ion fro
m d
raw
ings,
sp
ecific
atio
ns,
ben
din
g s
ched
ule
s an
d
man
ufa
cture
rs' in
form
atio
n
1.2
Com
ply
with info
rmation a
nd/o
r in
stru
ctio
ns
der
ived
fro
m r
isk
asse
ssm
ents
and m
ethod
stat
emen
ts
1.3
Sta
te t
he
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s dev
eloped
to
report
and r
ectify
inappro
priat
e in
form
atio
n a
nd
unsu
itab
le r
esourc
es a
nd h
ow
they
are
im
ple
men
ted
1.4
D
escr
ibe
diffe
rent
types
of
info
rmat
ion,
thei
r so
urc
e an
d h
ow
they
are
inte
rpre
ted in r
elation t
o:
–
dra
win
gs,
spec
ific
atio
ns,
sch
edule
s,
manufa
cture
rs' in
form
ation a
nd c
urr
ent
regula
tions
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ing
ou
tco
mes
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ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
2
Know
how
to c
om
ply
with
rele
vant
legis
lation a
nd
offic
ial guid
ance
fix
ing in
situ
rei
nfo
rcin
g s
teel
2.1
D
escr
ibe
thei
r re
sponsi
bili
ties
under
curr
ent
legis
lation a
nd o
ffic
ial guid
ance
while
work
ing:
–
in t
he
work
pla
ce,
bel
ow
gro
und lev
el,
at h
eight,
in
confined
space
s, w
ith t
ools
and e
quip
men
t,
with m
ate
rial
s an
d s
ubst
ance
s, w
ith
move
men
t/st
ora
ge
of m
ater
ials
and b
y m
anual
han
dlin
g a
nd m
echan
ical
lifting
2.2
D
escr
ibe
the
org
anis
atio
nal
sec
urity
pro
cedure
s fo
r to
ols
, eq
uip
men
t an
d p
erso
nal
bel
ongin
gs
in
rela
tion t
o s
ite,
work
pla
ce,
com
pan
y an
d o
per
ativ
e
2.3
Sta
te w
hat
the
acc
iden
t re
port
ing p
roce
dure
s are
an
d w
ho is
resp
onsi
ble
for
maki
ng r
eport
s
3
Mai
nta
in s
afe
work
ing
pra
ctic
es w
hen
fix
ing in
situ
rei
nfo
rcin
g s
teel
3.1
U
se p
erso
nal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
safe
ly t
o
carr
y out
the
activi
ty in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
and o
rgan
isat
ional
req
uirem
ents
when
fix
ing in s
itu
rein
forc
ing s
teel
3.2
Exp
lain
why
and w
hen
per
sonal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
should
be
use
d,
rela
ting t
o fix
ing
in s
itu r
einfo
rcin
g s
teel
, an
d t
he
types
, purp
ose
and
limitat
ions
of ea
ch t
ype
3.3
Sta
te h
ow
em
ergen
cies
should
be
resp
onded
to in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith o
rgan
isat
ional
auth
orisa
tion a
nd
per
sonal
ski
lls w
hen
invo
lved
with fires
, sp
illag
es,
inju
ries
and o
ther
task
-rel
ated
haz
ards
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– I
ssue
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ober
2010 ©
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mited
2010
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Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
4
Sel
ect
the
required
quan
tity
and q
ual
ity
of
reso
urc
es f
or
the
met
hods
of w
ork
to f
ix in s
itu
rein
forc
ing s
teel
4.1
D
escr
ibe
the
chara
cter
istics
, qual
ity,
use
s,
limitat
ions
and d
efec
ts a
ssoci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es in r
elation t
o:
–
pre
-cut
and b
ent
com
ponen
ts,
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel, t
ie w
ire
and s
pac
ers
–
han
d a
nd/o
r pow
ered
tools
and e
quip
men
t
4.2
Sel
ect
reso
urc
es a
ssoci
ated
with o
wn w
ork
in
rela
tion t
o m
ater
ials
, co
mponen
ts,
fixi
ngs,
tools
and
equip
men
t
4.3
Sta
te h
ow
the
reso
urc
es s
hould
be
use
d c
orr
ectly,
how
pro
ble
ms
ass
oci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
re
report
ed a
nd h
ow
the
org
anis
ational
pro
cedure
s ar
e use
d
4.4
O
utlin
e pote
ntial
haz
ard
s as
soci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
nd m
ethod o
f w
ork
4.5
D
escr
ibe
how
to c
alc
ula
te q
uan
tity
, le
ngth
, ar
ea
and w
asta
ge
asso
ciate
d w
ith t
he
met
hod/p
roce
dure
to
inst
all re
info
rcin
g s
teel
or
pre
fabrica
ted
rein
forc
ing s
teel
in s
itu
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ing
ou
tco
mes
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ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
5
Min
imis
e th
e ri
sk o
f dam
age
to t
he
work
and
surr
oundin
g a
rea w
hen
fixi
ng in s
itu r
einfo
rcin
g
stee
l
5.1
Pr
ote
ct t
he
work
and its
surr
oundin
g a
rea
from
dam
age
5.2
M
inim
ise
dam
age
and m
ainta
in a
cle
an w
ork
space
5.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to p
rote
ct w
ork
fro
m d
am
age
and t
he
purp
ose
of
pro
tect
ion in r
elat
ion t
o g
ener
al
work
pla
ce a
ctiv
itie
s, o
ther
occ
upat
ions
and a
dve
rse
wea
ther
conditio
ns
5.4
D
ispose
of
was
te in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tio.
5.5
Sta
te w
hy
the
dis
posa
l of w
ast
e sh
ould
be
carr
ied
out
in r
elat
ion t
o t
he
work
6
Com
ple
te t
he
work
within
th
e al
loca
ted t
ime
when
fixi
ng in s
itu r
einfo
rcin
g
stee
l
6.1
D
emonst
rate
com
ple
tion o
f th
e w
ork
within
the
allo
cate
d t
ime
6.2
Sta
te t
he
purp
ose
of
the
work
pro
gra
mm
e an
d
expla
in w
hy
dea
dlin
es s
hould
be
kept
in r
elat
ion t
o:
–
types
of
pro
gre
ss c
hart
s, t
imet
able
s an
d
estim
ated
tim
es
–
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s fo
r re
port
ing
circ
um
stan
ces
whic
h w
ill a
ffec
t th
e w
ork
pro
gra
mm
e
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D
ate
7
Com
ply
with t
he
giv
en
contr
act
info
rmation t
o f
ix
in s
itu r
einfo
rcin
g s
teel
to
the
required
spec
ific
ation
7.1
D
emonst
rate
the
follo
win
g w
ork
ski
lls w
hen
fix
ing in
situ
rei
nfo
rcin
g s
teel
:
–
sort
ing,
mea
suring,
mar
king o
ut,
fitting,
posi
tionin
g a
nd s
ecuri
ng
7.2
In
stal
lation in s
itu,
of re
info
rcem
ent
stee
l or
pre
fabrica
ted s
ections
of re
info
rcem
ent
stee
l to
giv
en w
ork
ing inst
ruct
ions
in o
rder
to f
orm
at
least
tw
o o
f th
e fo
llow
ing c
oncr
ete
stru
cture
s:
–
bea
ms
–
bas
es
–
colu
mns
–
slab
s
–
stai
rcase
s
–
wal
ls
7.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to a
pply
saf
e w
ork
pra
ctic
es,
follo
w
pro
cedure
s, r
eport
pro
ble
ms
and e
stab
lish t
he
auth
ority
nee
ded
to r
ectify
them
, to
:
–
inte
rpre
t dra
win
gs
–
rela
te s
haped
ste
el t
o b
endin
g s
ched
ule
s
–
iden
tify
seq
uen
ce o
f fixi
ng
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fere
nce
D
ate
–
pre
par
e m
esh a
nd s
teel
bar
for
in s
itu
inst
alla
tion
–
pre
par
e pre
fabrica
ted s
teel
sec
tions
for
in s
itu
inst
alla
tion
–
inst
all m
esh,
stee
l bar,
space
rs,
cove
r blo
ck a
nd
ties
in s
itu
–
posi
tion c
hai
rs,
cove
r blo
cks
and s
pac
ers
–
secu
re r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l in
situ
–
secu
re p
refa
bri
cate
d s
ections
of
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel in
situ
–
move
and p
osi
tion s
teel
–
use
han
d t
ools
, pow
er t
ools
and e
quip
men
t
–
work
at
hei
ght
–
use
acc
ess
equip
men
t
7.4
Saf
ely
use
and s
tore
mat
eria
ls,
han
d t
ools
, port
able
pow
er t
ools
and a
nci
llary
equip
men
t
7.5
Sta
te t
he
nee
ds
of oth
er o
ccupat
ions
and h
ow
to
com
munic
ate
within
a t
eam
when
fix
ing in s
itu
rein
forc
ing s
teel
7.6
D
escr
ibe
how
to m
ainta
in t
he
tools
and e
quip
men
t use
d f
or
fixi
ng in s
itu r
einfo
rcin
g s
teel
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D
ate:
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Lear
ner
sig
nat
ure
:_______________________________________
D
ate:
___________________________
Ass
esso
r si
gnat
ure
:______________________________________
D
ate:
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Inte
rnal
ver
ifie
r si
gnatu
re:
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Dat
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Unit 6: Prefabricating reinforcement steel sections for installation in the workplace
Unit reference number: K/600/7571
QCF level: 2
Credit value: 25
Guided learning hours: 83
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in prefabricating reinforcement steel sections for installation in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of prefabricating reinforcement steel sections for installation to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
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Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against one of the following endorsements:
• temporary construction bars
• bracing
• lifting points.
Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
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ning
out
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es a
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sses
smen
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iter
ia
Learn
ing
ou
tco
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t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
1
Inte
rpre
t th
e giv
en
info
rmat
ion r
elating t
o t
he
work
and r
esourc
es w
hen
pre
fabrica
ting
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
sect
ions
1.1
In
terp
ret
and e
xtra
ct info
rmat
ion fro
m d
raw
ings,
sp
ecific
atio
ns,
sch
edule
s an
d m
anufa
cture
rs'
info
rmat
ion
1.2
Com
ply
with info
rmation a
nd/o
r in
stru
ctio
ns
der
ived
fro
m r
isk
asse
ssm
ents
and m
ethod
stat
emen
t
1.3
Sta
te t
he
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s dev
eloped
to
report
and r
ectify
inappro
priat
e in
form
atio
n a
nd
unsu
itab
le r
esourc
es a
nd h
ow
they
are
im
ple
men
ted
1.4
D
escr
ibe
diffe
rent
types
of
info
rmat
ion,
thei
r so
urc
e an
d h
ow
they
are
inte
rpre
ted in r
elation t
o:
–
dra
win
gs,
spec
ific
atio
ns,
sch
edule
s,
manufa
cture
rs' in
form
ation a
nd c
urr
ent
regula
tions
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en
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e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
2
Know
how
to c
om
ply
with
rele
vant
legis
lation a
nd
offic
ial guid
ance
when
pre
fabrica
ting
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
sect
ions
2.1
D
escr
ibe
thei
r re
sponsi
bili
ties
under
curr
ent
legis
lation a
nd o
ffic
ial guid
ance
while
work
ing:
–
in t
he
work
pla
ce,
bel
ow
gro
und lev
el,
at h
eight,
in
confined
space
s, w
ith t
ools
and e
quip
men
t,
with m
ate
rial
s an
d s
ubst
ance
s, w
ith
move
men
t/st
ora
ge
of m
ater
ials
and b
y m
anual
han
dlin
g a
nd m
echan
ical
lifting
2.2
D
escr
ibe
the
org
anis
atio
nal
sec
urity
pro
cedure
s fo
r to
ols
, eq
uip
men
t an
d p
erso
nal
bel
ongin
gs
in
rela
tion t
o s
ite,
work
pla
ce,
com
pan
y an
d o
per
ativ
e
2.3
Sta
te w
hat
the
acc
iden
t re
port
ing p
roce
dure
s are
an
d w
ho is
resp
onsi
ble
for
maki
ng r
eport
s
3
Mai
nta
in s
afe
work
ing
pra
ctic
es w
hen
pre
fabrica
ting
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
sect
ions
3.1
U
se p
erso
nal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
safe
ly t
o
carr
y out
the
activi
ty in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
and o
rgan
isat
ional
req
uirem
ents
when
pre
fabrica
ting r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns
3.2
Exp
lain
why
and w
hen
per
sonal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
should
be
use
d,
rela
ting t
o t
he
pre
fabrica
ting o
f re
info
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns
and
the
types
, purp
ose
and lim
itat
ions
of
each
typ
e
3.3
Sta
te h
ow
em
ergen
cies
should
be
resp
onded
to in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith o
rgan
isat
ional
auth
orisa
tion a
nd
per
sonal
ski
lls w
hen
invo
lved
with fires
, sp
illag
es,
inju
ries
and o
ther
task
-rel
ated
haz
ards
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en
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typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
4
Sel
ect
the
required
quan
tity
and q
ual
ity
of
reso
urc
es f
or
the
met
hods
of w
ork
to p
refa
brica
te
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
sect
ions
4.1
D
escr
ibe
the
chara
cter
istics
, qual
ity,
use
s,
limitat
ions
and d
efec
ts a
ssoci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es in r
elation t
o:
–
pre
-cut
and b
ent
com
ponen
ts,
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel, t
ie w
ire
and s
pac
ers
–
han
d a
nd/o
r pow
ered
tools
and e
quip
men
t
4.2
Sel
ect
reso
urc
es a
ssoci
ated
with o
wn w
ork
in
rela
tion t
o m
ater
ials
, co
mponen
ts,
fixi
ngs,
tools
and
equip
men
t
4.3
Sta
te h
ow
the
reso
urc
es s
hould
be
use
d c
orr
ectly,
how
pro
ble
ms
ass
oci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
re
report
ed a
nd h
ow
the
org
anis
ational
pro
cedure
s
are
use
d
4.4
O
utlin
e pote
ntial
haz
ard
s as
soci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
nd m
ethod o
f w
ork
.
4.5
D
escr
ibe
how
to c
alc
ula
te q
uan
tity
, le
ngth
, ar
ea
and w
asta
ge
asso
ciate
d w
ith t
he
met
hod/p
roce
dure
to
pre
fabrica
te r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns
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ess
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a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
5
Min
imis
e th
e ri
sk o
f dam
age
to t
he
work
and
surr
oundin
g a
rea w
hen
pre
fabrica
ting
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
sect
ions
5.1
Pr
ote
ct t
he
work
and its
surr
oundin
g a
rea
from
dam
age
5.2
M
inim
ise
dam
age
and m
ainta
in a
cle
an w
ork
space
5.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to p
rote
ct w
ork
fro
m d
am
age
and t
he
purp
ose
of
pro
tect
ion in r
elat
ion t
o g
ener
al
work
pla
ce a
ctiv
itie
s, o
ther
occ
upat
ions
and a
dve
rse
wea
ther
conditio
ns
5.4
D
ispose
of
was
te in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
5.5
Sta
te w
hy
the
dis
posa
l of w
ast
e sh
ould
be
carr
ied
out
in r
elat
ion t
o t
he
work
6
Com
ple
te t
he
work
within
th
e al
loca
ted t
ime
when
pre
fabrica
ting
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel
sect
ions
6.1
D
emonst
rate
com
ple
tion o
f th
e w
ork
within
the
allo
cate
d t
ime
6.2
Sta
te t
he
purp
ose
of
the
work
pro
gra
mm
e an
d
expla
in w
hy
dea
dlin
es s
hould
be
kept
in r
elat
ion t
o:
–
types
of
pro
gre
ss c
hart
s, t
imet
able
s an
d
estim
ated
tim
es
–
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s fo
r re
port
ing
circ
um
stan
ces
whic
h w
ill a
ffec
t th
e w
ork
pro
gra
mm
e
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en
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e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
7
Com
ply
with t
he
giv
en
contr
act
info
rmation t
o
pre
fabrica
te r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns
to t
he
required
spec
ific
atio
n
7.1
D
emonst
rate
the
follo
win
g w
ork
ski
lls w
hen
pre
fabrica
ting r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns:
–
mea
suri
ng,
mar
king o
ut,
fitting,
posi
tionin
g,
bra
cing a
nd s
ecuring
7.2
Pr
efab
rica
te r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns
for
lifting
and m
ove
men
t to
inst
alla
tion t
o g
iven
work
ing
inst
ruct
ions
for:
–
bas
es
–
colu
mns
–
bea
ms
–
slab
s
–
wal
ls
7.3
In
corp
ora
te a
t le
ast
tw
o o
f th
e fo
llow
ing into
pre
fabrica
ted s
teel
sec
tions:
–
tem
pora
ry c
onst
ruct
ion b
ars
–
bra
cing
–
lifting p
oin
ts
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Dip
lom
a in
Ste
elfixi
ng
Occ
upations
(Const
ruct
ion)
(QCF)
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ober
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mited
2010
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Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
7.4
D
escr
ibe
how
to a
pply
saf
e w
ork
pra
ctic
es,
follo
w
pro
cedure
s, r
eport
pro
ble
ms
and e
stab
lish t
he
auth
ority
nee
ded
to r
ectify
them
, to
:
–
pre
fabrica
te r
einfo
rcem
ent
from
pre
-cut
and
ben
t co
mponen
ts t
o f
orm
sec
tions
for
bas
es,
colu
mns,
bea
ms,
sla
bs
and w
alls
–
form
ass
oci
ated
wire
ties
–
fix,
sec
ure
and r
emove
tem
pora
ry c
onst
ruct
ion
bar
s
–
fix
and s
ecure
bra
cing for
sect
ion m
ove
men
t
–
fix
and s
ecure
lifting p
oin
ts for
sect
ion
move
men
t
–
move
and p
osi
tion s
teel
–
use
han
d t
ools
, pow
er t
ools
and e
quip
men
t
–
work
at
hei
ght
–
use
acc
ess
equip
men
t
7.5
Saf
ely
use
and s
tore
mat
eria
ls,
han
d t
ools
, port
able
pow
er t
ools
and a
nci
llary
equip
men
t
7.6
Sta
te t
he
nee
ds
of oth
er o
ccupat
ions
and h
ow
to
com
munic
ate
within
a t
eam
when
pre
fabri
cating
rein
forc
emen
t st
eel se
ctio
ns
7.7
D
escr
ibe
how
to m
ainta
in t
he
tools
and e
quip
men
t use
d f
or
pre
fabrica
ting r
einfo
rcem
ent
stee
l se
ctio
ns
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ate:
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gnat
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ate:
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Unit 7: Slinging and signalling the movement of loads (secondary role) in the workplace
Unit reference number: R/600/8102
QCF level: 2
Credit value: 8
Guided learning hours: 27
Unit summary
The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills, knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in slinging and signalling the movement of loads (secondary role) in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry.
This unit is designed for those undertaking slinger/signaller duties in a secondary or part-time role in support of a learner’s main occupation. Other units of competence exist for those undertaking slinging and signalling as a main occupation.
Assessment requirements/evidence requirements
This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with:
• the Additional requirements for qualifications using the title NVQ in QCF
• the ConstructionSkills Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment – Craft, Supervisory, Technical, Managerial and Professional Units and Qualifications with NVQ in the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) title and SVQs.
Assessors for this unit must use a combination of the following assessment methods:
• observation of normal work activities within the workplace that clearly confirms the required skills
• questioning the learner on knowledge criteria that clearly confirms the required understanding
• review other forms of evidence that can clearly confirm industry required skills, knowledge and understanding.
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Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of occupational expertise and knowledge of slinging and signalling the movement of loads to be effective and reliable when confirming a learner’s competence.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information.
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(QCF)
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2010
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Lear
ning
out
com
es a
nd a
sses
smen
t cr
iter
ia
Learn
ing
ou
tco
mes
Ass
ess
men
t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
1
Inte
rpre
t th
e giv
en
info
rmat
ion r
elating t
o t
he
pre
par
ation for
and t
he
slin
gin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling o
f lo
ads
1.1
In
terp
ret
and e
xtra
ct info
rmat
ion fro
m d
raw
ings,
sp
ecific
atio
ns,
sch
edule
s, m
ethod s
tate
men
ts a
nd
man
ufa
cture
rs' in
form
atio
n
1.2
Com
ply
with info
rmation a
nd/o
r in
stru
ctio
ns
der
ived
fro
m r
isk
asse
ssm
ents
and m
ethod
stat
emen
ts
1.3
Sta
te t
he
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s dev
eloped
to
report
and r
ectify
inappro
priat
e in
form
atio
n a
nd
unsu
itab
le r
esourc
es a
nd h
ow
they
are
im
ple
men
ted
1.4
D
escr
ibe
diffe
rent
types
of
info
rmat
ion,
thei
r so
urc
e an
d h
ow
they
are
inte
rpre
ted in r
elation t
o:
–
dra
win
gs,
spec
ific
atio
ns,
sch
edule
s, m
ethod
stat
emen
ts,
man
ufa
cture
rs' in
form
atio
n,
appro
ved p
roce
dure
s an
d c
odes
of pra
ctic
e
2
Org
anis
e w
ith o
ther
s th
e se
quen
ce a
nd o
per
atio
n in
whic
h t
he
slin
gin
g a
nd
signal
ling o
f lo
ads
is t
o b
e ca
rrie
d o
ut
2.1
O
rgan
ise
the
work
acc
ord
ing t
o g
iven
info
rmat
ion
or
inst
ruct
ions
2.2
D
escr
ibe
how
to c
om
munic
ate
idea
s bet
wee
n t
eam
m
ember
s
2.3
O
rgan
ise
and c
om
munic
ate
with t
eam
mem
ber
s an
d o
ther
ass
oci
ate
d o
ccupat
ions
2.4
Sta
te h
ow
to o
rgan
ise
reso
urc
es p
rior
to a
nd w
hen
sl
ingin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling o
f lo
ads
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(QCF)
–
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ober
2010 ©
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2010
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ing
ou
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mes
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ess
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t cr
iteri
a
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en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
3
Know
how
to c
om
ply
with
rele
vant
legis
lation a
nd
offic
ial guid
ance
to c
arry
out
slin
gin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling
of lo
ads
3.1
D
escr
ibe
thei
r re
sponsi
bili
ties
under
curr
ent
legis
lation a
nd o
ffic
ial guid
ance
while
work
ing:
–
in t
he
work
pla
ce,
bel
ow
gro
und lev
el,
at h
eight,
w
ith t
ools
and e
quip
men
t, w
ith m
ater
ials
and
subst
ance
s, w
ith m
ove
men
t/st
ora
ge
of
mate
rial
s an
d b
y m
anual
han
dlin
g a
nd m
echan
ical
lifting
3.2
D
escr
ibe
the
org
anis
atio
nal
sec
urity
pro
cedure
s fo
r to
ols
, eq
uip
men
t an
d p
erso
nal
bel
ongin
gs
in
rela
tion t
o s
ite,
work
pla
ce,
com
pan
y an
d o
per
ativ
e
3.3
Sta
te w
hat
the
acc
iden
t re
port
ing p
roce
dure
s are
an
d w
ho is
resp
onsi
ble
for
maki
ng r
eport
s
4
Mai
nta
in s
afe
work
ing
pra
ctic
es w
hen
pre
par
ing
for
and s
lingin
g a
nd
signal
ling load
s
4.1
U
se p
erso
nal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
to s
afe
ly
carr
y out
the
activi
ty in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
and o
rgan
isat
ional
req
uirem
ents
when
slin
gin
g a
nd
signal
ling o
f lo
ads
4.2
Exp
lain
why
and w
hen
per
sonal
pro
tect
ive
equip
men
t (P
PE)
should
be
use
d,
rela
ting t
o
slin
gin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling o
f lo
ads,
and t
he
types
, purp
ose
and lim
itat
ions
of
each
typ
e
4.3
Sta
te h
ow
em
ergen
cies
should
be
resp
onded
to in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith o
rgan
isat
ional
auth
orisa
tion a
nd
per
sonal
ski
lls w
hen
invo
lved
with fires
, sp
illag
es,
inju
ries
and o
ther
task
-rel
ated
haz
ards
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a
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en
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typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
5
Sel
ect
the
required
quan
tity
and q
ual
ity
of
reso
urc
es t
o p
repar
e fo
r an
d w
hen
slin
gin
g a
nd
signal
ling load
s
5.1
D
escr
ibe
the
chara
cter
istics
, qual
ity,
use
s,
limitat
ions
and d
efec
ts a
ssoci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es,
and h
ow
they
should
be
use
d c
orr
ectly,
re
lating t
o:
–
lifting a
cces
sories
–
signal
ling a
nd c
om
munic
atio
n e
quip
men
t
–
han
d t
ools
and a
nci
llary
equip
men
t
5.2
Sel
ect
reso
urc
es a
ssoci
ated
with s
lingin
g/s
ignal
ling
in r
elat
ion t
o h
and t
ools
, att
achm
ents
, sl
ingin
g
equip
men
t, lifting a
ids/
acce
ssories
, si
gnal
ling a
nd
com
munic
atio
n e
quip
men
t
5.3
Sta
te h
ow
the
reso
urc
es s
hould
be
use
d c
orr
ectly,
how
pro
ble
ms
ass
oci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
re
report
ed a
nd h
ow
the
org
anis
ational
pro
cedure
s ar
e use
d
5.4
O
utlin
e pote
ntial
haz
ard
s as
soci
ate
d w
ith t
he
reso
urc
es a
nd m
ethod o
f w
ork
5.5
D
escr
ibe
how
to c
alc
ula
te w
eight,
bea
ring p
ress
ure
, quan
tity
, le
ngth
and a
rea
ass
oci
ated
with t
he
met
hod/p
roce
dure
s to
carr
y out
slin
gin
g/s
ignal
ling
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2010
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tco
mes
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ess
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iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
6
Min
imis
e th
e ri
sk o
f dam
age
to t
he
work
and
surr
oundin
g a
rea w
hen
sl
ingin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling
load
s
6.1
Pr
ote
ct t
he
work
and its
surr
oundin
g a
rea
from
dam
age
6.2
M
inim
ise
dam
age
and m
ainta
in a
cle
an w
ork
space
6.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to p
rote
ct w
ork
fro
m d
am
age
and t
he
purp
ose
of
pro
tect
ion in r
elat
ion t
o g
ener
al
work
pla
ce a
ctiv
itie
s, o
ther
occ
upat
ions
and a
dve
rse
wea
ther
conditio
ns
6.4
D
ispose
of
was
te in a
ccord
ance
with leg
isla
tion
6.5
Sta
te w
hy
the
dis
posa
l of w
ast
e sh
ould
be
carr
ied
out
safe
ly in r
elation t
o t
he
work
7
Com
ple
te t
he
work
within
th
e al
loca
ted t
ime
when
pre
par
ing t
o a
nd s
lingin
g
and s
ignal
ling load
s
7.1
D
emonst
rate
com
ple
tion o
f th
e w
ork
within
the
allo
cate
d t
ime
7.2
Sta
te t
he
purp
ose
of
the
work
pro
gra
mm
e an
d
des
crib
e w
hy
dea
dlin
es s
hould
be
kept
in r
elat
ion
to:
–
types
of
pro
gre
ss c
hart
s, t
imet
able
s an
d
estim
ated
tim
es
–
org
anis
atio
nal
pro
cedure
s fo
r re
port
ing
circ
um
stan
ces
whic
h w
ill a
ffec
t th
e lif
ting
oper
atio
n
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mes
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ess
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t cr
iteri
a
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en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
8
Com
ply
with t
he
giv
en
contr
act
info
rmation t
o
pre
par
e to
and s
ling a
nd
signal
load
s fo
r m
ove
men
t to
the
required
sp
ecific
atio
n
8.1
D
emonst
rate
the
follo
win
g w
ork
ski
lls w
hen
pre
par
ing t
o a
nd s
lingin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling loads:
–
mea
suring,
gau
gin
g,
estim
atin
g,
fitt
ing,
fixi
ng,
test
ing,
bala
nci
ng,
inte
rpre
ting,
judgin
g,
expla
inin
g,
pre
paring,
indic
atin
g,
info
rmin
g,
inst
ruct
ing,
signin
g,
posi
tionin
g,
adju
stin
g,
configuring,
movi
ng,
secu
ring,
signal
ling,
rela
ying a
nd r
emovi
ng
8.2
Pr
epare
to a
nd a
ttach
load
s to
lifting e
quip
men
t,
and g
uid
e lo
ads
usi
ng s
ignal
s to
the
required
des
tinat
ion t
o g
iven
work
ing inst
ruct
ions
usi
ng
appro
priat
e lo
ad s
ecuring m
ethods
and lifting
acce
ssories
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ess
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t cr
iteri
a
Evid
en
ce
typ
e
Po
rtfo
lio
re
fere
nce
D
ate
8.3
D
escr
ibe
how
to a
pply
saf
e w
ork
pra
ctic
es,
follo
w
pro
cedure
s, r
eport
pro
ble
ms
and e
stab
lish a
uth
ority
nee
ded
to r
ectify
, to
:
–
confirm
met
hod o
f co
mm
unic
ation
–
det
erm
ine
the
met
hod o
f sl
ingin
g
–
sele
ct a
nd u
se s
uitable
slin
gin
g e
quip
men
t/lif
ting
acce
ssories
–
slin
g loads
secu
rely
and b
alan
ce w
ithin
corr
ect
wei
ght
dis
trib
ution follo
win
g a
gre
ed/r
ecognis
ed
oper
atio
nal pro
cedure
s
–
posi
tion load
s sa
fely
and s
ecure
ly
–
rem
ove
and s
tore
lifting a
cces
sories
–
use
han
d t
ools
, an
cilla
ry e
quip
men
t an
d
acce
ssories
8.4
Saf
ely
use
and s
tore
han
d t
ools
and s
lingin
g,
signal
ling,
com
munic
atio
n a
nd a
nci
llary
equip
men
t
8.5
Sta
te t
he
nee
ds
of oth
er o
ccupat
ions
and h
ow
to
com
munic
ate
within
a t
eam
when
pre
par
ing t
o a
nd
slin
gin
g a
nd s
ignal
ling loads
8.6
D
escr
ibe
how
to m
ainta
in t
he
tools
and e
quip
men
t use
d t
o s
ling a
nd s
ignal
load
s
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Further information
Our customer service numbers are:
BTEC and NVQ 0844 576 0026
GCSE 0844 576 0027
GCE 0844 576 0025
The Diploma 0844 576 0028
DIDA and other qualifications 0844 576 0031
Calls may be recorded for training purposes.
Useful publications
Related information and publications include:
• Centre Handbook for Edexcel QCF NVQs and Competence-based Qualifications published annually
• functional skills publications – specifications, tutor support materials and question papers
• Regulatory Arrangements for the Qualification and Credit Framework (published by Ofqual, August 2008)
• the current Edexcel publications catalogue and update catalogue.
Edexcel publications concerning the Quality Assurance System and the internal and standards verification of vocationally-related programmes can be found on the Edexcel website.
NB: Some of our publications are priced. There is also a charge for postage and packing. Please check the cost when you order.
How to obtain National Occupational Standards
CITB-ConstructionSkills
Bircham Newton
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE31 6RH
Telephone: 01485 577577
Fax: 01485 577793
Email: call.centre@cskills.org
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Professional development and training
Edexcel supports UK and international customers with training related to NVQ and BTEC qualifications. This support is available through a choice of training options offered in our published training directory or through customised training at your centre.
The support we offer focuses on a range of issues including:
• planning for the delivery of a new programme
• planning for assessment and grading
• developing effective assignments
• building your team and teamwork skills
• developing student-centred learning and teaching approaches
• building functional skills into your programme
• building effective and efficient quality assurance systems.
The national programme of training we offer can be viewed on our website (www.edexcel.com/training). You can request customised training through the website or by contacting one of our advisers in the Training from Edexcel team via Customer Services to discuss your training needs.
The training we provide:
• is active
• is designed to be supportive and thought-provoking
• builds on best practice
• may be suitable for those seeking evidence for their continuing professional development.
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Annexe B: Quality assurance
Key principles of quality assurance
• A centre delivering Edexcel qualifications must be an Edexcel recognised centre and must have approval for qualifications that it is offering.
• The centre agrees as part of gaining recognition to abide by specific terms and conditions around the effective delivery and quality assurance of assessment; the centre must abide by these conditions throughout the period of delivery.
• Edexcel makes available to approved centres a range of materials and opportunities to exemplify the processes required for effective assessment and provide examples of effective standards. Approved centres must use the guidance on assessment to ensure that staff who are delivering Edexcel qualifications are applying consistent standards.
• An approved centre must follow agreed protocols for: standardisation of assessors; planning, monitoring and recording of assessment processes; internal verification and recording of internal verification processes; and for dealing with special circumstances, appeals and malpractice.
Quality assurance processes
The approach to quality assured assessment is made through a partnership between a recognised centre and Edexcel. Edexcel is committed to ensuring that it follows best practice and employs appropriate technology to support quality assurance process where practicable. Therefore, the specific arrangements for working with centres will vary. Edexcel seeks to ensure that the quality assurance processes that it uses do not place undue bureaucratic processes on centres and works to support centres in providing robust quality assurance processes.
The learning outcomes and assessment criteria in each unit within this specification set out the standard to be achieved by each learner in order to gain each qualification. Edexcel operates a quality assurance process, which is designed to ensure that these standards are maintained by all assessors and verifiers.
For the purposes of quality assurance all individual qualifications and units are considered as a whole. Centres offering these qualifications must be committed to ensuring the quality of the units and qualifications they offer, through effective standardisation of assessors and internal verification of assessor decisions. Centre quality assurance and assessment processes are monitored by Edexcel.
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The Edexcel quality assurance processes will involve:
• gaining centre recognition and qualification approval if a centre is not currently approved to offer Edexcel qualifications
• annual visits to centres by Edexcel for quality review and development of overarching processes and quality standards. Quality review and development visits will be conducted by an Edexcel quality development reviewer
• annual visits by occupationally competent and qualified Edexcel Standards Verifiers for sampling of internal verification and assessor decisions for the occupational sector
• the provision of support, advice and guidance towards the achievement of National Occupational Standards.
Centres are required to declare their commitment to ensuring quality and appropriate opportunities for learners that lead to valid and accurate assessment outcomes. In addition, centres will commit to undertaking defined training and online standardisation activities.
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Annexe C: Centre certification and registration
Edexcel Standards Verifiers will provide support, advice and guidance to centres to achieve Direct Claims Status (DCS). Edexcel will maintain the integrity of Edexcel QCF NVQs through ensuring that the awarding of these qualifications is secure. Where there are quality issues identified in the delivery of programmes, Edexcel will exercise the right to:
• direct centres to take actions
• limit or suspend certification
• suspend registration.
The approach of Edexcel in such circumstances is to work with the centre to overcome the problems identified. If additional training is required, Edexcel will aim to secure the appropriate expertise to provide this.
What are the access arrangements and special considerations for the qualification in this specification?
Centres are required to recruit learners to Edexcel qualifications with integrity.
Appropriate steps should be taken to assess each applicant’s potential and a professional judgement made about their ability to successfully complete the programme of study and achieve the qualification. This assessment will need to take account of the support available to the learner within the centre during their programme of study and any specific support that might be necessary to allow the learner to access the assessment for the qualification. Centres should consult Edexcel’s policy on learners with particular requirements.
Edexcel’s policy on access arrangements and special considerations for Edexcel qualifications aims to enhance access to the qualifications for learners with disabilities and other difficulties (as defined by the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act and the amendments to the Act) without compromising the assessment of skills, knowledge, understanding or competence. Please refer to Access Arrangements and Special Considerations for BTEC and Edexcel NVQ Qualifications for further details www.edexcel.com.
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Annexe D: Additional requirements for qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF
Contents
Purpose of document 76
Background 77
Additional requirements for qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF 78
Introduction 78
Assessment requirements 78
Quality assurance requirements 80
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Purpose of document 1 The purpose of this document is to make clear what additional
requirements are needed to assess and quality assure qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF.
2 When an SSC/SSB and awarding organisation wants to use the title NVQ in the naming of a qualification within the QCF, the awarding organisation is required to make sure this qualification is assessed and quality assured in accordance with these additional requirements and other requirements described in the SSC/SSB assessment strategy.
3 The aims of these additional requirements are to
• ensure that all competence based qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF are
assessed consistently
quality assured consistently
• maintain the integrity of qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF
• establish the NVQ brand within the QCF
• keep bureaucracy associated with assessment and quality assurance of qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF to a minimum.
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Background 4 1 “At the heart of an NVQ is the concept of occupational competence;
the ability to perform to the standards required in employment across a range of circumstances and to meet changing demands. NVQs are first and foremost about what people can do. They go beyond technical skills to include planning, problem solving, dealing with unexpected occurrences, working with other people and applying the knowledge and understanding that underpins overall competence”.
5 NVQs are based entirely on National Occupational Standards (NOS) developed by an SSC/SSB, which describe the competence needed in an occupational role.
6 Qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF must comply with the rules of combination determined by the SSC/SSB. Awarding organisations are not allowed to develop another qualification that does not use the title NVQ within the QCF, if it uses the same rules of combination as a qualification that does use the title NVQ within the QCF.
7 The QCF offers increased flexibility in the way occupational competence can be assessed and demonstrated. Qualifications that use the title NVQ in the title within the QCF are just one way of assessing and demonstrating occupational competence. SSCs/SSBs are free to work with their awarding organisations to agree what qualifications will be used to assess occupational competence. Qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF, are not a preferred method for assessing occupational competence and all qualifications accredited through the QCF have equal status.
8 When developing a qualification for the QCF, including qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF, an awarding organisation must be a recognised awarding organisation and must meet the Qualification Requirements in the Regulatory Arrangements for the Qualifications and Credit Framework, published by The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in August 2008.
9 The qualification regulators confirmed that a group of SSCs and SSBs would be free to develop specific, additional requirements about the way in which qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF will be assessed and quality assured. For those recognised awarding organisations that want to assess occupational competence through the use of qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF, it has been agreed by SSCs and SSBs that the following additional requirements must be met.
1 NCVQ’s NVQ Criteria and Guidance 1995.
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Additional requirements for qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF
Introduction
10 Qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF must be assessed and quality assured in accordance with the following additional requirements.
Assessment requirements
11 When a qualification uses the title NVQ within the QCF, awarding organisations are required to make sure their recognised assessment centres understand how learners are to be assessed.
12 Assessment methodologies must meet the assessment strategy developed in partnership between the relevant SSC or SSB and awarding organisations for the qualification. The assessment strategy must be published and made available separately and will include the requirements for assessment of qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF. The assessment criteria for each unit will be part of the units that make up the qualification.
13 Learners must complete real work activities in order to produce evidence to demonstrate they have met the NOS and are occupationally competent.
14 When a learner cannot complete a real work activity, simulation is allowed.
15 Simulation is allowed when
• a learner is required to complete a work activity that does not occur on a regular basis and therefore opportunities to complete a particular work activity do not easily arise
• a learner is required to respond to a situation that rarely occurs, such as responding to an emergency situation
• the safety of a learner, other individuals and/or resources will be put at risk.
16 When simulation is used, assessors must be confident that the simulation replicates the workplace to such an extent that learners will be able to fully transfer their occupational competence to the workplace and real situations.
17 Units that must not be assessed by simulation must be identified by the SSC/SSB in the assessment strategy for the qualification or family of qualifications.
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18 Learners must be assessed by assessors
• who are occupationally competent in the occupational areas they are assessing where they have sufficient and relevant technical/occupational competence in the unit, at or above the level of the unit being assessed and as defined by the assessment strategy for that qualification
• 2who must hold or be working towards a suitable assessor qualification to confirm they understand assessment and how to assess learners
• must be fully conversant with the unit(s) against which the assessments and verification are to be undertaken.
19 All assessors must carry out assessment to the standards specified in the A units.
20 All assessment decisions made by a trainee assessor must be checked by a qualified assessor or an assessor recognised by an awarding organisation.
21 Trainee assessors must have a plan, which is overseen by the recognised assessment centre, to achieve the relevant assessor qualification(s) within an agreed timescale.
2 Currently an assessor could hold unit A1 and/or unit A2. Or from the past unit D32 and/or unit D33. SSCs also identify other suitable equivalent qualifications.
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Quality assurance requirements 22 When a qualification uses the title NVQ within the QCF, awarding
organisations are required to make sure their recognised assessment centres understand how the qualification will be quality assured.
23 Qualifications that use the title NVQ within the QCF, must be verified • internally by an internal verifier, who is accountable to the
assessment centre
• externally by an external verifier, who is accountable to the awarding organisation or an agent of the awarding organisation.
24 With reference to internal verification, internal verifiers must • 3hold or be working towards a suitable internal verifier
qualification to confirm they understand how to internally verify assessments
• have sufficient and relevant technical/occupational familiarity in the unit(s) being verified
• be fully conversant with the standards and assessment criteria in the units to be assessed
• understand the awarding organisation’s quality assurance systems and requirements for this qualification.
25 Trainee internal verifiers must have a plan, which is overseen by the recognised assessment centre, to achieve the internal verifier qualification within an agreed timescale.
26 With reference to external verification, external verifiers must
• 4hold or be working towards a suitable external verification qualification to confirm they understand and are able to carry out external verification
• have no connections with the assessment centre, in order to maintain objectivity
• have sufficient and relevant technical/occupational understanding in the unit(s) being verified
• be fully conversant with the standards and performance criteria in the units to be assessed
• understand the awarding organisation’s quality assurance systems for this qualification.
27 Trainee external verifiers must have a plan, which is overseen by the awarding organisation, to achieve the external verifier qualification within an agreed timescale.
3 Currently an internal verifier needs to hold unit V1. Or from the past unit D34. SSCs also identify other suitable equivalent qualifications. 4 Currently an external verifier needs to hold unit V2. Or from the past unit D35.
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28 Awarding organisations must decide the frequency of external monitoring activities. Any decision must be based on
• the risks associated with a qualification that is designed to help a learner demonstrate occupational competence
• an evaluation of the centre’s performance and past record.
29 Awarding organisations will have in place suitably constituted audit processes, which are supported by naturally occurring quality assurance and monitoring systems that already exist in workplace assessment environments.
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Annexe E: Assessment Requirements/Strategy
The ConstructionSkills Assessment Strategy will be available on the Edexcel website, along side the full specification on the Construction NVQ/Competence page.
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