Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Carpentry and Joinery

Level 3 NVQ Diploma In Carpentry and Joinery

Guidance for completing units QCF 209v2, 210v2 and 211v2.

The purpose of this document is to help you identify the required evidence to complete the 3 units listed above. These units are in this qualification so you can demonstrate how you can organise your own work, time and resources, and also how you work with other people involved in your day to day work.

• How do you receive your work instructions? – do you have discussions with your supervisor, colleague, client, other trades or contractors? Do you read drawings, specifications, manufacturers information, risk assessments, programmes of work?

• From the information given, how do you plan your work sequence? –do you organise your own resources, tools, access equipment, materials? Do you gather more information when required – asking questions or clarifying information given? Do you plan your working day/week so you know what the time scales involved are? Can you show understanding of the requirements of other trades and how you will work with them, taking in to account their emotional needs and wellbeing.

• Do you talk to other people involved in the work? – giving advice of the work required? Solving problems and communicating to other people involved in the work? Do you agree the work required with line management?

• Do you comply with Health and Safety regulations? - Can you identify hazards in the workplace and ensure that all work complies with company policy? Do you advise others of health and safety requirements?

• Can you evaluate how well the job went? - what went well with the job, what went not so well? What could you of done differently to make the work more efficient? What have you learned form carrying out the work?

The easiest way to cover these performance criteria is to write a ‘narrative’ of the work you carried out. There is no word count, but you need to describe in detail what you did and how you carried out the required work. Try not to write too much about the physical activities that you did, but concentrate more on the planning and communication skills. You should ‘lay out’ the written work so it reads as a ‘story’ of what happened. Start at the beginning of the job, when you received the information for the work and then describe what happened all the way through to the end of the job. The job should be quite large that takes at least a few days so you can demonstrate all the required performance criteria. The more information you put in to each job will mean you will have less jobs to complete. Most students can gather the required evidence for these three units in roughly 4 or 5 jobs if they are well written.