The following NVQ modules are available to anyone involved in Concrete Repairs. The association can organise your assessment of the NVQ2 by appointing an assessor to you.
Please contact the office on 01420 471615 or email admin@structuralconcretealliance.org
Prepare substrate and apply materials to repair concrete:
This standard is about interpreting information, adopting safe, healthy and environmentally responsible work practices, selecting materials, components and equipment, preparing and repairing degraded concrete structures with cementitious and/or resin compounds
This standard is for people working independently or in a team in specialist concrete occupations particularly those involved in concrete repair and can be used by operatives, supervisors, and managers
Survey degraded concrete structures
This standard is about interpreting information, adopting safe, healthy and environmentally responsible work practices, selecting materials, components and equipment and surveying the concrete structures for defects that require repairs
This standard is for people working in specialist concrete occupations particularly those involved in concrete repair and can be used by operatives, supervisors, and managers
To complete an NVQ an assessor will observe operatives at work and ask questions about how the work is completed. The assessor will record what has been demonstrated and discussed against the standards of the NVQ in a portfolio of evidence.
Once the assessor has evidence against all the necessary units, they will sign the portfolio off and then send it off for the NVQ certificate to be claimed.
In most cases the assessor will need several meetings to:
- Provide the NVQ induction and check that the qualification is appropriate
- Agree a plan to describe how the evidence will be collected and identify if any training is required
- Visit site and observe work being completed using site documentation and procedures
- Ask knowledge questions to cover any gaps in evidence
- Agree the evidence meets the standards and sign off the portfolio
The NVQ requirements state that it must be assessed using English, Welsh or Gaelic language
The Structural Concrete Alliance (which the Concrete repair is part of, alongside the Corrosion Prevention and the Sprayed Concrete) are currently working on developing a Specialist Apprenticeship Programme. For more information, please contact the CRA offices on the details above