Building And Construction

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Qualifications

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Designed to assist those who are looking to start or progress their career within the Building and Construction industry, our range of qualifications have the ability to ensure learners can excel in a variety of environments from designing and planning to on-site projects.

From house extensions to high-rise flats, motorways and stadiums – the construction industry works tirelessly to meet the growing needs of modern life and our ever growing population.

Potential career opportunities which can come of the Building and Construction sector include architects, technicians, landscape artists, geologists, civil engineers, geotechnical specialists, carpentry, stonemasonry, bricklaying and of course painting and decorating.

Note: Please ensure that you download the accompanying Appendix for any Building and Construction qualifications. You can find the most recent version at the top of the qualifications list below.

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The full list of Building And Construction Qualifications are as follows:

To see information sheets and find out more, click on the name of the qualification you are interested in:

Where indicated in the specification, assessment, including assessors and internal quality assurers, must meet the requirements of  the Construction Skills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment.

Accompanies all Building and Construction qualifications.

Qualification Number: Aug 2017
TQUK Level 2 Diploma in Thermal Insulation (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking for an introduction to thermal insulation, this diploma will provide them with the skills they need to be successful within the building and construction environment.

Qualification Number: 601/7357/9 Min Guided Learning Hours: 235
TQUK Level 2 Diploma in Wood Machining (RQF)  icon

Operational End Date: 30.11.2019 
Certification End Date: 30.11.2021 

Designed for learners who are looking for an introduction to wood machining, this diploma will provide them with the skills they need to be successful within the building and construction environment.

Qualification Number: 601/7358/0 Min Guided Learning Hours: 441
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Wood Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.12.2019 

Designed for learners who are looking to earn a certificate in wood occupations, this NVQ certificate will provide them with the skills they need to be successful within the construction industry - including the moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7384/1 Min Guided Learning Hours: 120
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Accessing Operations and Rigging (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about accessing operations and rigging within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the skills they need to be successful - including the erecting and dismantling of mobile and static scaffold towers in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7359/2 Min Guided Learning Hours: 244
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Building Maintenance Multi-trade Repair and Refurbishment Operations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about building maintenance multi-trade repair and refurbishment operations within the construction industry, this level 2 NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful, including the moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace, the erecting and dismantling access/working platforms in the workplace and how to clear a site and handing over on completion in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7385/3 Min Guided Learning Hours: 223
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Decorative Finishing and Industrial Painting Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about decorative finishing and industrial painting within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the applying of paint systems by brush and roller in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7441/9 Min Guided Learning Hours: 309
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Metal Decking and Stud Welding Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

This Level 2 NVQ Diploma is designed for learners who are looking to learn more about metal decking and stud welding within the construction industry, this NVQ will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the preparing and operating of powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment in the workplace and the installing of metal decking and edge trims in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 603/0606/3 Min Guided Learning Hours: 460
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plastering (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed specifically for learners who are looking to learn more about plastering within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful. Including conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace, applying finishing plaster to prepared surfaces in the workplace and how to produce internal solid plaster finishes in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7386/5 Min Guided Learning Hours: 122
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Roofing Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed specifically for learners who are looking to learn more about roofing occupations within the construction industry, this Level 2 NVQ Diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful. Including installing underlay, battens and roofing components in the workplace, installing plain tile roof coverings in the workplace, installing pre-formed weathering flashings to roofs in the workplace and repairing and maintaining fully supported lead and hard metal roofing, cladding and weatherings in the workplace

Qualification Number: 601/7660/X Min Guided Learning Hours: 128
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Thermal Insulation (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about thermal insulation within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the applying of insulation and finishes to cylindrical and flat surfaces in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7465/1 Min Guided Learning Hours: 377
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Trowel Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about trowel occupations within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the erecting and setting out of masonry structures in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7466/3 Min Guided Learning Hours: 244
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Waterproof Membrane Roofing Systems (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about waterproof membrane roofing within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the preparing of surfaces and repairing of membrane roofing systems.

Qualification Number: 601/7360/9 Min Guided Learning Hours: 194
TQUK Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Wood Machining (Construction/Sawmilling Extrusion) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed for learners who are looking to learn more about wood machining within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the producing of sawn wood and wood-based products in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7509/6 Min Guided Learning Hours: 340
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of construction contracting operations, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including how to prepare and process invitations to tender in construction and the developing and maintaining of working relationships.

Qualification Number: 601/7396/8 Min Guided Learning Hours: 300
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Decorative Finishing - Painting and Decorating (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of decorative finishing including painting and decorating, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including how to apply paint systems to complex surfaces by brush in the workplace and the preparing of surfaces for painting/decorating.

Qualification Number: 601/7394/4 Min Guided Learning Hours: 536
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Plastering (Construction) (RQF)  icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed specifically for learners who are looking to advance their skills in plastering within the construction industry, this Level 3 NVQ Diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful. Including conforming to general health, applying solid plaster to complex internal surfaces in the workplace, installing mechanically fixed plasterboard in the workplace and producing fibrous plaster components in the workplace.

 

Qualification Number: 601/7510/2 Min Guided Learning Hours: 389
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Roofing Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed specifically for learners who are looking to advance their knowledge roofing occupations within the construction industry, this Level 3 NVQ Diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful. Including installing underlay, battens and roofing components in the workplace, installing double-lap artificial roof slates in the workplace, stripping and reclaiming roof coverings and installing random natural roof slates with diminishing margins in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7745/7 Min Guided Learning Hours: 557
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Stonemasonry (Construction) (RQF)  icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of stonemasonry within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the erecting, producing and repairing of complex stonemasonry structures in the workplace.

 

Qualification Number: 601/7362/2 Min Guided Learning Hours: 357
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Thermal Insulation (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of thermal insulation within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the fabricating of joints in thermal insulation protection using sheet metal and the fitting of sheet metal insulation protection.

Qualification Number: 601/7387/7 Min Guided Learning Hours: 501
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Trowel Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of trowel occupations within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the erecting and setting out of masonry structures along with maintaining slate and tile roofing.

Qualification Number: 601/7391/9 Min Guided Learning Hours: 501
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Wall and Floor Tiling (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 30.09.2018 
Certification End Date: 30.09.2020

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of wall and floor tiling within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the producing of tiled, mosaic and stoned surface finishes along with providing drainage for tiled surfaces.

Qualification Number: 601/7392/0 Min Guided Learning Hours: 301
TQUK Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Wood Occupations (Construction) (RQF) icon

Operational End Date: 31.12.2018 
Certification End Date: 31.12.2020 

Designed for learners who are looking to further their knowledge of wood occupations within the construction industry, this NVQ diploma will provide them with the key skills they need to be successful - including the installing of bespoke first and second fixing components and the setting up and using transportable cutting and shaping machines in the workplace.

Qualification Number: 601/7395/6 Min Guided Learning Hours: 327