NVQ LEVEL 2 WOOD PRESERVING AND DAMP PROOFING
The NVQ Level 2 in Insulation and Building Treatments - Wood Preserving and Damp Proofing course is for experienced roof and loft insulation installers who meet the recognized occupational standards. The qualification is a validation of your skills and experience.
Course description:
Who should take NVQ Level 2 Wood Preserving and Damp Proofing?
The NVQ Level 2 in Wood Preserving and Damp-Proofing course is for experienced workers who meet the recognized occupational standards. The qualification validates your existing skills and experience.
This NVQ is suitable for wood preservation and damp-proofing specialists working on either new build sites, commercial or industrial buildings, or domestic homes.
See the ‘Entry Requirements’ and ‘Assessment Process’ sections for examples of job tasks the assessment process covers.
Entry Requirements
To undertake a Wood Preserving and Damp-Proofing NVQ, you must meet the following criteria:
- Minimum of three years experience in building treatments.
- Must currently be working as a wood preserver and damp-proofer.
- Aged 19+.
To ensure you have sufficient experience to complete the qualification, your NVQ assessor will carry out a pre-enrolment skills diagnostic. The diagnostic covers much of the criteria on which you will be assessed during the NVQ. A few examples of assessment criteria include:
- Interpreting and complying with relevant documents such as risk assessments, schedules and manufacturer’s information.
- Maintaining a safe working environment.
- Protecting surrounding area from damage during wood preservation or damp-proofing treatment.
- Proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE).
- Reporting accidents and emergencies.
- Completing work in the allocated time.
- Preparing structures for wood preservation and damp-proofing including measuring, marking out, cleaning substrates and erecting temporary barriers and signs.
- Providing temporary supports to structures.
- Applying treatments by brush, spray, irrigation, injection and/or electro-osmosis.
- Reinstating structures after treatment.
- Understanding guarantees and warranties.
Assessment Process
When you have enrolled on the Wood Preserving and Damp-Proofing course, we will assign you an experienced NVQ assessor who will work with you for the duration of the course as you gather work-based evidence.
Types of evidence can include:
- An onsite observation while you work, carried out by your assessor in your workplace. During the observation, your assessor’s role is to gather visual evidence of your competency as a wood preservation / damp-proofing specialist.
- Photographs or videos of work you have completed.
- References, employer endorsements or witness testimonies verifying your work as a wood preserver and damp-proofer.
- Detailed job logs of work you have completed during your NVQ.
- A recorded professional discussion with your assessor. The discussion can take place face-to-face or over the telephone.
- A Q&A pack covering the ‘theory’ of wood preservation and damp-proofing, and construction health and safety.
Your assessor will cross-reference your evidence against the NVQ units until your portfolio is complete. The final stage involves our internal verification team checking your portfolio and claiming your NVQ certificate with NOCN.
Timescale
Although it can take up to six months or more to achieve a Level 2 NVQ, we find that most candidates complete the qualification in 2 to 3 months.
Ultimately, the qualification will fit around your professional and personal commitments. Work towards it at a speed you feel comfortable.
Costs & Funding
Please visit our Funding & Grants page to check if funding is available for your loft insulation NVQ.
If you are ineligible for government support, we offer affordable self-funded assessment payable in four instalments of 25%.
Please contact us to discuss funding and costs.
Course Units
MANDATORY UNITS
Candidates must complete the FIVE mandatory units
- Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
- Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
- Installing insulation to cold roofs in the workplace
- Insulation and Building Treatments, Building Construction, Defects and Interfaces
ADDITIONAL UNITS
Candidates can elect to take additional units but they do not form part of the core qualification
- Develop Customer Relationships
- Erecting and Dismantling Access/Working Platforms in the Workplace
Progression
After achieving Level 2 and depending on your experience, you may have the option to advance to NVQ Level 3 in a similar occupational area, NVQ Level 3 in Occupational Work Supervision (Construction) or NVQ Level 4 in Construction Site Supervision.
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