Quantity Surveying Practice Level 4

Why have these NVQ/SVQ been reformed?

The opportunity has now been taken to reform the original Quantity Surveying Practice in conjunction with representative industry organisations, taking into account feedback from use of the original qualification, relationship with related parallel qualifications, changing industry practice and legislation etc. Additionally, the reformation has now been based on updated industry Occupational Standards that seek to enhance the format and language of presentation whilst complying with the changed requirements of the Accrediting Bodies.

The review is being conducted by the Construction Industry Council Standards Panel (formerly CISC) in conjunction with key sector and professional industry organisations, on behalf of and as a partner in the industry Sector Skills Council – ConstructionSkills.

CIC is conducting a consultation exercise with the help of those in the industry who have used the original qualification, or have an interest in using the newly reformed version (notably candidates, employers, assessors and verifiers), to gather feedback about the Standards relevance and ability to meet industry changes and needs.

It would be much appreciated if you could review the current Standards. We need specific feedback on the content of the qualification. You will need to have to hand the details of the reformed NVQ/SVQ which is issued with this document. Please read the introduction to the qualification to see who the qualification is currently designed to target.

Your feedback is needed and welcomed to confirm or suggest improvements that are needed to the units to make them more appropriate and usable. If you are satisfied with the content of the units and have no need to answer in detail, please confirm this.

How do I review the NVQ/SVQ? Please:

• Review the full qualification or, if you are short of time, the summary document which gives an introduction to the NVQs/SVQs, a list of the unit and element titles in the award;
• Complete either the full questionnaire or short questionnaire ; and
• Mark up the draft standards if appropriate with any suggested changes.

Send this completed questionnaire and any ‘marked up’ pages by 10 March 2005 to:

Tamara Dale

Construction Industry Council
26 Store Street
London WC1 7BT

Alternatively, you can pass on your response by email: tdale@cic.org.uk

Please contact Tamara Dale (CIC) (telephone: 020 7399 7405 fax: 020 7399 7425) or Martin Russell-Croucher (Project Leader) on martin.rc@rics.org.uk if you need any further information.