NVQ: Level 2 – Plant Operations
Location:
Location TBC
Start Date:
Any
End Date:
Any
Available Places:
500
Course Overview
The Level 2 NVQ Plant Operations is aimed at construction operators who work in with different types of Plant in the construction industry.
This qualification provides proof to industry managers and other employers that you have the necessary skills, knowledge and competence to meet nationally recognised standards to work as a Plant Operator within the construction industry.
It is also an essential confirmation of your skills and knowledge when you apply to various schemes such as CPCS and NPORS for a Blue Competent Operator card that will enable you to work on construction sites.
Course Content
This qualification supports the learner to attain enabling, fundamental and transferable practical skills with associated underpinning knowledge.
The candidate will learn key practical skills and knowledge in the following mandatory units:
- Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace
- Conforming to Productive Working Practices in the Workplace.
The candidate will learn key practical skills and knowledge to operate plant in the Workplace in the following optional units:
On completion of the Level 2 NVQ Plant Operations, the candidate will be able to demonstrate proof of competency to employers, managers and card schemes, with skills of a nationally-recognised standard.
Who Should Attend?
The mandatory entry requirements for this course are a good understanding of written and spoken English.
This course is suitable for candidates who operate plant machinery in the workplace and for anyone looking to demonstrate occupational competence in operating plant.
The candidates must be aged 16 or over and are employed or seeking employment as Plant Operator.
Operators who are looking to obtain their Blue Competent Operator Card can enrol for the Plant Operations NVQ. An NVQ in Plant Operations is required for red CPCS or NPORS-CSCS trained operator cardholders in order to upgrade to the Blue Competent Operator Card.
Extra Reading
How is the NVQ Level 2 Plant Operations assessed?
The qualification is assessed solely on the portfolio of evidence submitted.
At the beginning of the qualification, you will be assigned your own occupationally competent assessor who will help to guide you through the qualification, answering any questions you may have along the way and helping you to gather evidence when required.
Most of your communications with your assessor will be done via telephone or email, but they may also visit you at work once or twice to help with gathering evidence.
A lot of the evidence you collate for your portfolio is likely to be paper evidence, but you may also submit multimedia files including video footage or audio files. Paperwork evidence is often comprised of question and answer sheets, written records of conversations, and witness testimonials.
Once you and your assessor are satisfied that your portfolio is complete it will be submitted internally. You will then either be pronounced ‘competent’ and awarded the qualification or ‘not yet competent’.
