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Introduction
The Level 2 Award in Utility Avoidance and the Location of Buried Services is aimed at site
managers, supervisors, excavation operatives to give them an understanding of how to
avoid danger from underground services, it is also appropriate for site operatives
responsible for clearing an area prior to and during an excavation.
The awarding organisation for this qualification is ProQual Awarding Body and the
regulatory body is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). The
specification for these qualifications has been approved by Qualifications Wales for use by
centres in Wales and by the Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
for use by centres in Northern Ireland.
This qualification has been accredited onto the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
Qualification Profile
Qualification title ProQual Level 2 Award in Utility Avoidance and the
Location of Buried Services in Construction
Ofqual qualification number 601/1855/6
Level Level 2
Guided learning hours 10
Total qualification time 20
Assessment
Pass or fail
Internally assessed and verified by centre staff
External quality assurance by ProQual verifiers
Qualification start date 1/11/13
Qualification end date
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
Centres should carry out an initial assessment of candidate skills and knowledge to identify
any gaps and help plan the assessment.
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Qualification Structure
Candidates must complete the Mandatory unit.
Mandatory Unit
Unit
Reference
Number
Unit Title Unit
Level GLH
L/505/7112 Utility Location and Avoidance in Construction 2 10
Centre Requirements
Centres must be approved to offer this qualification. If your centre is not approved please
complete and submit form ProQual Additional Qualification Approval Application.
Staff
Staff delivering this qualification must be appropriately qualified and occupationally
competent.
Assessors/Internal Quality Assurance
For each competence-based unit centres must be able to provide at least one assessor and
one internal verifier who are suitably qualified for the specific occupational area. Assessors
and internal verifiers for competence-based units or qualifications will normally need to
hold appropriate assessor or verifier qualifications, such as:
- Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
- Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement
- Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
- Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices
- Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and
Practices
Support for Candidates
Materials produced by centres to support candidates should:
- enable them to track their achievements as they progress through the learning
outcomes and assessment criteria;
- provide information on where ProQual’s policies and procedures can be viewed;
- provide a means of enabling Internal and External Quality Assurance staff to
authenticate evidence
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Assessment
Candidates must demonstrate the level of knowledge described in the unit. Assessment is
the process of measuring a candidate’s knowledge and understanding against the standards
set in the qualification.
Assessment guidance is included to assure consistency.
Each candidate is required to produce evidence which demonstrates their achievement of
all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.
Evidence can include: – assignments/projects/reports
– worksheets
– portfolio of evidence
– record of oral and/or written questioning
– candidate test papers
Learning outcomes set out what a candidate is expected to know, understand or be able to
do.
Assessment criteria specify the standard a candidate must meet to show the learning
outcome has been achieved.
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria for this qualification can be found from page 7
onwards.
Internal Quality Assurance
An internal quality assurance verifier confirms that assessment decisions made in centres
are made by competent and qualified assessors, that they are the result of sound and fair
assessment practice and that they are recorded accurately and appropriately.
Adjustments to Assessment
Adjustments to standard assessment arrangements are made on the individual needs of
candidates. ProQual’s Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Special Consideration Policy sets
out the steps to follow when implementing reasonable adjustments and special
considerations and the service that ProQual provides for some of these arrangements.
Centres should contact ProQual for further information or queries about the contents of the
policy.
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Results Enquiries and Appeals
All enquiries relating to assessment or other decisions should be dealt with by centres, with
reference to ProQual’s Enquiries and Appeals Procedures.
Certification
Candidates who achieve the requirements for qualifications will be awarded:
- A certificate listing the unit achieved, and
- A certificate giving the full qualification title –
ProQual Level 2 Award in Utility Avoidance and the Location of Buried Services in
Construction
Claiming certificates
Centres may claim certificates for candidates who have been registered with ProQual and
who have successfully achieved the requirements for a qualification. All certificates will be
issued to the centre for successful candidates.
Replacement certificates
If a replacement certificate is required a request must be made to ProQual in writing.
Replacement certificates are labelled as such and are only provided when the claim has
been authenticated. Refer to the Fee Schedule for details of charges for replacement
certificates.
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Unit L/505/7112
Utility Location and Avoidance in Construction
Learning Outcome – The learner will: Assessment Criterion – The learner can:
1 Understand published guidance covering
utility avoidance in the location of buried
services in construction
1.1 Explain what is meant by a Safe System of
Work
1.2 Describe the difference between legislation
and guidance
1.3 Explain the reasons why excavations take place
1.4 Describe the consequences of an underground
service strike
2 Undertand the importance of regulations
related to the location of buried services in
construction
2.1 Describe client responsibility in terms of buried
services
2.2 Describe the responsibility of construction
designers in terms of buried services
2.3 Describe how to identify when it is necessary
to make alterations to a project due to the
presence of buried services
3 Understand the advantages of obtaining
accurate information related to the
positioning of underground services
3.1 Identify different types of drawings used in
services location
3.2 Describe types of inaccuracies that may be
found in drawings
3.3 Explain how the data and detail on drawings
may have limitations
3.4 Describe how regional differences may exist on
drawings
4 Understand the requirements for the
maintenance of underground service location
equipment
4.1 Describe the calibration requirements of the
equipment
4.2 Describe the reasons for the correct storage
and carriage of equipment including ancillaries
4.3 Demonstrate equipment functionality including
ancillaries
4.4 Demonstrate the use of control measures for
faulty equipment including ancillaries
5 Be able to recognise electro-magnetic fields
and their relationship to underground service
location
5.1 Demonstrate how to apply active signals to
services
5.2 Describe the use of passive signals in service
location
5.3 Describe how service depth is obtained when
using electro-magnetic location methods
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Learning Outcome – The learner will: Assessment Criterion – The learner can:
5.4 Demonstrate how to accurately position
services when using service location
equipment
5.5 Describe the limitations of electro-magnetic
location in areas of heavy service congestion
5.6 Describe the effects of metallic structures on
electro-magnetic service location
5.7 Describe the types of services, including
construction materials, that can be located
using electro-magnetic location
6 Be able to close out a site 6.1 Demonstrate final site sweeping procedures
6.2 Describe site surface marking standards
6.3 Explain site handover requirements
Assessment
There must be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one
piece of evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning
outcome or assessment criterion.
