Working in Construction

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Entry Level 3
Unit No:
R/505/1375
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
30 hours

Assessment Guidance

Portfolio of Evidence

Unit Learning Outcomes

1

Know about the construction industry.

Professional , Construction, Trade associations

  • RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects
  • RICS Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • FMB Federation of Master Builders
  • Guilds e,g brickwork, joinery
  • CITB Construction Industry Training Board
  • SSC Sector Skills Councils

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    List different types of organisation within the construction industry.
2

Know about jobs in construction.

Construction Jobs

  • designers and architects
  • quantity surveyors
  • site managers
  • structural engineers
  • building control officers
  • project managers
  • safety officers

Entry level jobs

  • general operative
  • concrete finisher
  • ground worker
  • trainee site engineer
  • trainee site manager
  • apprenticeship in a trade

Entry level responsibilities

  • general operative – clearing the site, carrying, fetching, mixing cement mortar
  • concrete finisher – laying and compacting concrete and finishing the surface
  • ground worker – construction of foundations, laying of drainage, ducting and services
  • trainee site engineer – setting out work to the drawings and specification
  • trainee site manager – organising day to day activities
  • apprenticeship in a trade – learning a trade through direct observation and undertaking tasks

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1
    Give examples of jobs in different organisations within the construction industry.
  • 2.2
    Identify some entry-level jobs, suitable for someone starting out in construction.
  • 2.3
    Outline the key responsibilities of a selected entry-level job role.
3

Know about the skills needed to work in the construction industry.

Key skills

  • numeracy
  • organisational
  • motivational
  • behavioural
  • oral and written communication skills
  • technical eg hand skills

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1
    Outline some of the key skills needed to work in a chosen area of construction.
4

Be able to develop own skills for working in construction.

Strengths, Weaknesses

  • simple self assessment
  • recording strengths
  • recording weaknesses

Development Plan

  • Aims and objectives
  • sources of information
  • challenges

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1
    State some of the skills needed to work in construction that they already have.
  • 4.2
    Contribute to planning how to develop some of the skills they will need if they are to be successful in the construction industry.