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Implement contract work in construction

Reference
L/505/9992
Level
Level 4
Credit Value
16
Guided Learning Hours
40
 
Aim
This unit is about organising and controlling resources, developing effective plans to meet contingencies, and informing those responsible for making necessary changes. You will need to identify quality standards, implement systems and check for conformity. You will need to implement corrective action where there is non-conformity. You will need to identify statutory and contractual requirements, implement systems and identify noncompliance.

You will need to implement corrective action where there is noncompliance.


Assessment guidance and/or requirements
The following ranges apply:
Learning Outcomes 1 and 2
• Quality standards and guidance:
- statutory requirements
- contract requirements
- project specifications
- British Standards
- International Standards
- Codes of Practice
- organisation standards
- trade advisory guidance and best practice
- benchmarks
- dimensional control criteria
• People responsible:
- operatives and tradespersons
- consultants
- contractors
- sub-contractors
- suppliers
- workforce
• Systems:
- inspection
- comparison with design requirements
- comparison with standard documentation
- checking manufacturers documentation
- checking delivery notes
- sampling and mock-ups
- testing
- inspection reports
- contractors' reports
- site meetings
- dimension checks
• Work:
- materials and components and their use
- construction
Learning Outcomes 3 and 4
• Statutory and contractual requirements and responsibilities for:
- Building Control
- environmental health
- health, safety and welfare
- environment (e.g. noise, dust, transport, emissions, waste management)
- fire
- utilities regulations
- highways
- heritage and ecology
- development licences and building permits
- employment practice
- byelaws
- non-statutory guidelines
- community benefits
- energy use
- insurance
- project activities
- security
• Monitoring systems:
- inspection
- comparison with design requirements
- comparison with standard documentation
- checking manufacturers' documentation
- checking delivery notes
- sampling
- testing
- site inspection reports
- contractors’ reports
- meetings
- dimension checks
• Corrective action:
- instigate contingency action and restore compliance
- agree waiver
• People who have an interest:
- operatives and tradespersons
- consultants
- contractors
- sub-contractors
- suppliers
- workforce
This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.

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