ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying
Accurate measurement, valuation, and cost control are the backbone of every successful construction project. The ability to manage resources, assess progress, and control costs is vital — and that’s exactly where construction surveyors play a key role.
If you’re working in a surveying-related role or looking to specialise in this field, the ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying provides a nationally recognised, work-based route to build your credentials and develop your expertise.
The Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Surveying is part of the wider suite of construction contracting operations qualifications. This particular pathway focuses on the skills and competencies required for quantity surveying, commercial management, and project measurement activities in a real construction setting.
It is a vocational qualification, meaning you’ll be assessed through evidence of your day-to-day work — no exams, no classroom sessions. It’s flexible, practical, and directly aligned with your job role.
In a construction world driven by budgets, time, and precision, qualified surveyors are essential. The ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying not only validates your skills but helps you grow into more senior roles in cost control and commercial management.
1. Age Requirement: Candidates must be at least 16 years old.
2. Educational Background: While there are no specific formal educational qualifications required, a basic understanding of construction principles is beneficial.
3. Work Experience: Candidates should have relevant work experience in the construction industry, ideally in roles related to site management, project management, or construction operations.
4. Language Proficiency: Proficiency in English is necessary to understand course materials and participate in discussions effectively. Non-native speakers may need to demonstrate their language skills.
5. Commitment to Learning: Candidates should have a genuine interest in advancing their knowledge of construction contracting operations and a commitment to completing the course requirements.
Mandatory Units
The ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying, to achieve the qualification candidates must complete all the mandatory and the required number of optional units for one of the following pathways:
| Title | Level |
| Operate health, safety and welfare systems in construction | 3 |
| Prepare programmes and schedules of work in construction | 3 |
| Operate project information systems in construction | 3 |
| Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction | 3 |
| Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction | 4 |
Optional Units – ONE unit
| Title | Level |
| Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction | 3 |
| Record the condition of property in construction | 3 |
| Integrate and control project design information in construction | 4 |
| Prepare for work operations in construction | 4 |
| Implement contract work in construction | 4 |
| Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works | 3 |
| Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction | 3 |
| Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction | 4 |
| Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction | 3 |
| Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction | 3 |
| Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction | 3 |
| Recommend and monitor supplies of plant and equipment in construction | 3 |
| Prepare drawings and schedules in construction | 3 |
| Assess, plan and monitor project methods and progress in construction | 4 |
Upon successful completion of the ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying, participants will achieve the following learning outcomes:
Operate health, safety and welfare systems in construction
- Be able to operate health, safety and welfare systems in the workplace
- Understand how to operate health, safety and welfare systems in the workplace
- Be able to identify hazards and assess risks in the workplace
- Understand how to identify hazards and assess risks in the workplace
Prepare programmes and schedules of work in construction
- Be able to obtain the information needed to take critical decisions
- Understand how to obtain the information needed to take critical decisions
- Be able to confirm project requirements
- Understand how to confirm project requirements
- Be able to prepare a work schedule
- Understand how to prepare a work schedule
Operate project information systems in construction
- Be able to obtain and evaluate feedback information
- Understand how to obtain and evaluate feedback information
Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction
- Be able to develop and maintain relationships with people
- Understand how to develop and maintain relationships with people
- Be able to optimise your own resources to meet objectives
- Understand how to optimise your own resources to meet objectives
- Be able to undertake personal development in the occupational practice area
- Understand how to undertake personal development in the occupational practice area
Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction
- Be able to identify potential tenderers
- Understand how to identify potential tenderers
- Be able to prepare and issue tender documents
- Understand how to prepare and issue tender documents
- Be able to check tenders
- Understand how to check tenders
Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction
- Be able to evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation
- Understand how to be able to evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation
- Be able to calculate, quantities, resources and costs within a tender
- Understand how to be able to calculate, quantities, resources and costs within a tender
- Be able to collate and present tender information
- Understand how to be able to collate and present tender information
Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction
- Be able to prepare to carry out surveys
- Understand how to prepare to carry out surveys
- Be able to carry out surveys
- Understand how to carry out surveys
- Be able to present survey data
- Understand how to present survey data
Record the condition of property in construction
- Be able to confirm a condition survey process
- Understand how to confirm a condition survey process
- Be able to inspect condition of property
- Understand how to inspect condition of property
- Be able to prepare and present condition survey reports and records
Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Be able to implement project documentation systems
- Understand how to implement project documentation systems
- Be able to integrate and evaluate project design information
- Understand how to integrate and evaluate project design information
Prepare drawings and schedules in construction
- Be able to prepare drawings and associated information
- Understand how to prepare drawings and associated information
- Be able to prepare schedules
- Understand how to prepare schedules
Prepare for work operations in construction
- Be able to collate and present tender information
- Understand how to collate and present tender information
- Be able to prepare for site operations
- Understand how to prepare for site operations
- Be able to implement and control work operations
- Understand how to implement and control work operations
Implement contract work in construction
- Be able to control work against agreed contract quality standards
- Understand how to be able to control work against agreed contract quality standards
- Be able to maintain contract compliance with statutory and contractual requirements
- Understand how to maintain contract compliance with statutory and contractual requirements
Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works
- Be able to apply dimensional control criteria
- Understand how to apply dimensional control criteria
- Be able to maintain the dimensional accuracy of works
- Understand how to maintain the dimensional accuracy of works
Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction
- Be able to prepare for physical testing
- Understand how to prepare for physical testing
- Be able to carry out physical testing
- Understand how to carry out physical testing
- Be able to present test results
- Understand how to present test results
Assess, plan, and monitor project methods and progress in construction
- Be able to assess and identify work methods
- Understand how to assess and identify work methods
- Be able to develop project programming and resourcing
- Understand how to develop project programming and resourcing
- Be able to monitor project progress against agreed programmes
- Understand how to monitor project progress against agreed programmes
Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction
- Be able to identify and monitor requirements for suppliers
- Understand how to identify and monitor requirements for suppliers
- Be able to maintain and record supplies of materials
- Understand how to maintain and record supplies of materials
- Be able to contribute to improvements in supplier performance
- Understand how to contribute to improvements in supplier performance
Recommend and monitor supplies of plant and equipment in construction
- Be able to identify and recommend plant and equipment
- Understand how to identify and recommend plant and equipment
- Be able to monitor the performance of plant and equipment supplied
- Understand how to monitor the performance of plant and equipment supplied
Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction
- Be able to monitor contract quantities and costs
- Understand how to monitor contract quantities and costs
- Be able to prepare interim valuations and final account
- Understand how to prepare interim valuations and final account
- Be able to identify and record income and expenditure
- Understand how to identify and record income and expenditure
- Be able to prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense
- Understand how to prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense
Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction
- Be able to prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense
- Understand how to prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense
- Be able to review and finalise proposals for the provision of products and services
- Understand how to review and finalise proposals for the provision of products and services
- Be able to obtain and evaluate feedback information
- Understand how to obtain and evaluate feedback information
The ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying is designed for individuals working in construction roles that involve measurement, cost evaluation, and commercial support. This qualification is ideal for those who want to formalise their skills, advance their career, or work toward supervisory positions in quantity surveying or commercial management.
This course is suitable for:
- Assistant Quantity Surveyors
- Trainee or Junior Surveyors
- Commercial Assistants
- Cost Engineers or Estimators
- Site Technicians or Coordinators involved in cost and measurement activities
- Experienced professionals in surveying-related roles without formal qualifications
Ideal for those who:
- Are currently employed in the construction industry
- Perform tasks related to measurement, cost control, or financial reporting
- Wish to gain a nationally recognised qualification through workplace assessment
- Seek career progression toward senior surveying, estimating, or commercial roles
Whether you’re building a surveying career from the ground up or validating years of hands-on experience, this NVQ offers a practical, respected path to professional development.
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ProQual Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations – Surveying
