L2 NVQ Diploma in Formwork (Construction)

Qualification code: QUA887

Qualification Regulation Number (QRN): 600/3510/9

Who’s it for?

The Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Formwork qualification has been developed for delivery in a working environment; this means you need to be employed to study this qualification. It has been designed to develop and recognise your skills, knowledge and competence so that you can work in Formwork within the construction industry or progress onto further learning.

This qualification supports the Learner to attain enabling, fundamental and transferable practical skills with associated underpinning knowledge. Although part of an apprenticeship, this qualification is available outside of an apprenticeship where either the learner’s circumstances prevent them undertaking a full apprenticeship or where their prior skills and knowledge mean they do not require all components of the apprenticeship. In addition, industry will accept the qualification on its own as entry to a job role.

The Learner will learn key practical skills and knowledge in these mandatory units:

• Fabricating and Maintaining Timber and Proprietary Formwork Systems in the Workplace
• Erecting and Striking Timber and Proprietary Formwork in the Workplace
• Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace
• Moving, Handling and Storing Resources in the Workplace
• Conforming to Productive Working Practices in the Workplace

The learner will also learn key practical skills and knowledge in one of the following optional units:

• Placing and Finishing Non-Specialist Concrete in the Workplace –
• Installing Drainage in the Workplace