ProQual Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction) – Tunnelling
ProQual
Ofqual Regulated Awarding Body
Level 6
18 Mandatory +8 Optional Units
Course Overview
What is this course
The ProQual Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction) – Tunnelling is an Ofqual-regulated qualification designed for professionals managing complex underground construction projects. It provides a clear and practical understanding of tunnelling operations, helping learners deliver safe, efficient, and compliant projects in line with UK standards.
This course covers key areas such as tunnelling methods, ground conditions, structural support, ventilation systems, and risk management. Learners develop the skills needed to manage teams, monitor site safety, and coordinate work effectively in high-risk underground environments.
The qualification aligns with key UK legislation, including the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It also considers important safety requirements for confined spaces and hazardous conditions. Overall, the course supports safe, compliant, and professional tunnelling site management within the UK construction sector.
Course Content
Detailed Curriculum Structure
To achieve the qualification candidates must complete all Units.
Key Topics Covered in the Tunnelling Site Management Course:
The curriculum delivers in-depth knowledge through core modules:
Mandatory Units – candidates must complete all units in this group
- Developing and maintaining effective occupational working relationships in the workplace.
- Allocating work and monitoring people’s performance in the workplace
- Contributing to the identification of a work team in the workplace.
- Establishing, implementing, and maintaining organisational systems for managing health, safety, welfare, and wellbeing in the workplace.
- Establishing, controlling, and monitoring environmental factors and sustainability in the workplace.
- Evaluating and confirming work methods in the workplace.
- Planning the preparation of the site for the project in the workplace.
- Monitoring project activities in the workplace
- Ensuring that work activities and resources meet project work requirements in the workplace.
- Organising, controlling and monitoring supplies of materials in the workplace.
- Identifying and maintaining communication systems and organisational procedures in the workplace.
- Controlling project progress against agreed quality standards in the workplace.
- Controlling project progress against agreed programmes in the workplace.
- Managing your personal development in the workplace
- Establishing dimensional control criteria in the workplace
- Controlling project quantities and costs in the workplace
- Managing the project handover in the workplace
- Planning tunnelling activities in the workplace
- Managing the installation, maintenance, monitoring and removal of temporary works in the workplace
Optional Units – One unit
- Enabling learning opportunities in the workplace
- Providing customer services in the construction
workplace - Supervising tunnelling activities in the workplace
- Identifying, allocating and planning the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery in the workplace
- Evaluating feedback and making recommendations in the workplace
Additional Units – Not mandatory
- Planning highways maintenance and repair activities in the workplace
- Planning activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
- Supervising activities to traditional and heritage buildings and structures in the workplace
- Planning demolition activities in the workplace
- Planning and scheduling the maintenance activities of property, services or systems in the workplace
- Planning the installation of retrofit works in the workplace
- Managing installation, commissioning and handover of retrofit works in the workplace
Who Should Attend
Target Audience and Participants
The ProQual Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction) – Tunnelling is an Ofqual-regulated qualification designed for experienced professionals working on underground construction projects. It provides practical knowledge of tunnelling methods, ground conditions, and site safety, while following UK standards such as CDM 2015 and confined space safety regulations.
This course is ideal for:
- Tunnelling Site Managers: Managing daily tunnel construction works such as TBM, cut-and-cover, and shaft operations
- Project and Contracts Managers: Overseeing large tunnelling and infrastructure projects
- Tunnel Agents and Section Managers: Progressing into senior site management roles
- Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineers: Moving into site management with deeper understanding of ground behaviour
- Health and Safety Managers: Managing risks in confined spaces and underground environments
- Shaft and Portal Managers: Coordinating surface and underground construction activities
- Logistics and Muck-Out Managers: Handling materials, spoil removal, and transport systems
- TBM Production Managers: Managing tunnel boring operations and equipment performance
- International Professionals: Seeking a recognised UK qualification in tunnelling
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