NVQs
Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Work Supervision
For supervisors, foremen and chargehands who run a team on site and need a Gold CSCS Supervisor card. Assessed on your own job, with no exams.
- Assessed
- At work, no dates
- Price
- £950.00 + VAT
ProQual / Level 2
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Accessing Operations and Rigging
For scaffolders and access workers who need the Level 2 NVQ in Accessing Operations and Rigging, one of the steps towards a CISRS Scaffolder card. Assessed on your own work.
- Level
- Level 2
- Duration
- 6 to 8 weeks
- Certificate
- Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Accessing Operations and Rigging, awarded by ProQual
- Valid for
- The qualification doesn't expire
- Assessment
- A portfolio of evidence from your own work, with questioning and a professional discussion with your assessor. No written exam.
About the course
The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Accessing Operations and Rigging covers erecting, altering and dismantling access equipment safely. For most people it's part of the route to a CISRS Scaffolder card, alongside CISRS's own training and skills test.
Your evidence comes from the work you're doing now, from Doncaster and Barnsley to Chesterfield. Typical evidence: photos of scaffolds you've helped erect, alter and strike, the drawings, design details and handover paperwork for those jobs, and statements from your chargehand or supervisor.
There are no course dates and nothing to attend. You enrol and pay in full online, we register you, and your assessor plans with you what evidence you need. It typically takes 6 to 8 weeks, depending on how quickly the evidence comes together.
The NVQ doesn't expire. On its own it doesn't get you a CISRS card: CISRS also asks for its Part 1 and Part 2 training, a skills test and the Health, Safety and Environment test. CISRS sets those rules, so check the current card requirements with CISRS.
Who it's for
Trainee and experienced scaffolders working towards a CISRS Scaffolder card, and others working in access and rigging who need a Level 2 NVQ. You need to be working in the role.
What you'll learn
- Working safely: health, safety and welfare on site
- Productive working practices: drawings, specifications and programmes
- Erecting, altering and dismantling access equipment
- Moving, handling and storing scaffold materials
- Working safely at height
How NVQs work
An NVQ has no course dates. You prove you're competent with evidence from the work you already do, with an assessor guiding you from start to finish.
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Register
Enrol and pay online. We register you for the qualification.
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Meet your assessor
You're assigned an assessor who plans your NVQ with you and guides you through it.
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Build your portfolio
Gather evidence from the work you already do: documents, photos, reports and witness statements.
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Assessment
Your assessor reviews your evidence and confirms you meet each standard of the qualification.
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Certificate and CSCS card
Once you're signed off you receive your certificate and can apply for the CSCS card that goes with it.
Assessment and certificate
- Assessment
- A portfolio of evidence from your own work, with questioning and a professional discussion with your assessor. No written exam.
- Certificate
- Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Accessing Operations and Rigging, awarded by ProQual
- Valid for
- The qualification doesn't expire
- Awarding body
- ProQual
Training near you
An NVQ has no venue to travel to. It's assessed on the work you already do, so it suits site teams anywhere in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, North Derbyshire and beyond, with no time off site.
Not sure this is the right level? Check which NVQ you need.
Health and safety training across South Yorkshire: classroom, live online and in-house options for your area.
Questions about the Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Accessing Operations and Rigging
Something else? Call 07939 593032.
Will the NVQ get me my CISRS Scaffolder card?
It's one of the requirements, not the whole route. CISRS also asks for its Part 1 and Part 2 courses, experience after Part 2, a skills test and a Health, Safety and Environment test. Check the current rules with CISRS, then use the NVQ to tick off the qualification part.
I'm a self-employed scaffolder. Can I still do it?
Yes, as long as you're working in the trade and can show evidence from real jobs. Witness statements can come from someone who has seen your work, such as the site supervisor or the contractor you're working for. Your assessor will tell you what's acceptable before you start collecting.
How long does the Level 2 NVQ in Accessing Operations and Rigging take?
Typically 6 to 8 weeks. The biggest factor is how quickly you gather the evidence: if you're working as a scaffolder every day and send photos and statements as you go, it moves quickly.
Other NVQs
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Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision
For site supervisors and assistant site managers in building and civil engineering who need a Gold CSCS Supervisor card. Pathway 1, assessed on your own site.
- Assessed
- At work, no dates
- Price
- £1,200.00 + VAT
NVQs
Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management
The site manager's NVQ for a Black CSCS Manager card. For site, project and construction managers who run a site, assessed on your own job with no exams.
- Assessed
- At work, no dates
- Price
- £1,500.00 + VAT
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