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 6
Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety Practice
For health and safety managers and advisers who lead safety in their organisation. A work-based Level 6 qualification with no exams, assessed on your own job.
- Level
- Level 6
- Duration
- 6 to 8 weeks
- Certificate
- Level 6 NVQ Diploma certificate, issued by the awarding body, ProQual, once your portfolio has been signed off.
- Valid for
- No expiry
- Assessment
- A portfolio of evidence from your health and safety role, including documents you've produced, plus a recorded professional discussion with your assessor. No exams.
About the course
The Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice is for people whose job is health and safety: health and safety managers, senior advisers and consultants who develop policy, advise managers and lead how risk is controlled across an organisation. It isn't limited to construction, so it also suits safety professionals in manufacturing, logistics and other sectors across South Yorkshire.
Instead of exams and assignments, you prove your competence with evidence from the work you already do: policies and procedures you've written, risk assessments and safe systems of work you've developed, audits and inspections, accident investigations, and the advice and training you've given to managers and staff.
Your assessor maps your work against the qualification and holds a recorded professional discussion with you. Because it's work-based, you need a role with enough health and safety responsibility to build the portfolio.
People often compare it with the NEBOSH National Diploma. The NEBOSH Diploma is studied and examined; this NVQ is assessed on your job. If you need a starting point in health and safety knowledge first, the NEBOSH General Certificate runs live online and by distance learning.
Who it's for
Health and safety managers, senior advisers and consultants who are responsible for developing and applying health and safety policy and practice in their organisation.
What you'll learn
- Promoting a positive health and safety culture
- Developing and implementing health and safety policy
- Identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risk
- Proactive monitoring: audits and inspections
- Investigating accidents and incidents
- Reviewing performance and keeping up to date with legislation
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 health and safety role, including documents you've produced, plus a recorded professional discussion with your assessor. No exams.
- Certificate
- Level 6 NVQ Diploma certificate, issued by the awarding body, ProQual, once your portfolio has been signed off.
- Valid for
- No expiry
- 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.
Related courses
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Level 3 NVQ Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
The Level 3 health and safety NVQ
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NEBOSH General
The NEBOSH certificate
Guides
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Which NVQ do I need for my CSCS card?
Most CSCS cards now depend on a recognised qualification. Here's how NVQ levels line up with the card colours, and how to work out which one fits your role.
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How NVQ assessment works: portfolio, observation and discussion
A construction NVQ has no exams and no classroom days. Here's how the assessment works, step by step, and what counts as evidence.
Questions about the Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety Practice
Something else? Call 07939 593032.
Level 6 NVQ or the NEBOSH National Diploma?
Both are Level 6. The NEBOSH Diploma is a taught course with exams and assignments. The NVQ is assessed on evidence from your own health and safety role, so it suits experienced practitioners who already do the job. We offer the NVQ, not the NEBOSH Diploma.
Do I need to be working in health and safety?
Yes. You need a role where you develop or apply health and safety policy and practice, because the evidence comes from that work. If you're new to safety, start with the NEBOSH General Certificate or the Level 3 NVQ in Occupational Health and Safety.
Does it count towards IOSH membership or a CSCS card?
IOSH and CSCS each set their own rules and lists of accepted qualifications, and these change. Check IOSH's current membership criteria, or CSCS's card finder for your occupation, before you rely on this NVQ for either.
Can I use work I've already done?
Your assessor decides what counts, but documents you've produced in your role, such as policies, risk assessments, audit reports and investigation reports, are typical evidence. Remove personal details before you upload them, and check your employer is happy for you to share them.
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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