2357 303 A 26a

OldskoolUpNorth · Apr 28, 2014

Hi all,

I'm on the 2357 NVQ diploma.

Struggling with one question on 303 Task A.

Q26A) Explain how materials, plant and equipment will be delivered to site causing minimum disruption?

I answered that, items will be delivered the day before reducing idle time. WRONG!

Apparently it's more of who's going to receive the delivery, how's the time for operatives to be made available?

Never worked on a site so I have no idea.

Any thoughts?

Cheers.
Neil.

dazza1981 · Apr 28, 2014

They want to hear you mention things like...... checking materials delivered on site matches the original order and that you have a stores on site that the materials can be safely kept and monitored by a storeman. All that sort of rubbish if i remember rightly when i did my NVQ.

Drexyn · Apr 29, 2014

Hi Neil, I am willing to help you out on this one as i done this many moons ago and got a tick in the box for it.

My answer was as follows -

Access points established and where necessary a method of route control if traveling onto and through the site. Suitable timings for the scheduled deliveries i.e. early mornings or late evenings to avoid congestion of commuting traffic. A daily diary showing the schedule of events for the day including key deliveries. Suitable storage areas highlighted and clear and ready for the deliveries. Availability of key plant machinery to move the deliveries to the designated standing/storage area.

Maybe this will help you out mate.

Trev

OldskoolUpNorth · Apr 29, 2014

Thanks Dazza, Trev.

I've only got to amend the one question from this unit so hopefully your answers will get it completed.

Cheers guys.

Engineer54 · Apr 30, 2014

Since when do site electricians take delivery of plant equipment and materials on a site that would need such convoluted arrangements?? Sounds more like an NVQ for a contractors storeman than for an electrician, who would by the way, have no control over other sub contractors or trades activities.....

These electrical NVQ 3s, should stick to electrical skills that seem to be sadly lacking these days!!

Drexyn · Apr 30, 2014

I worked on a council site for my employer as a sub contractor and we had to take delivery of generators and cable reels and this required site machinery to move the items from the delivery bay to the storage bay. These items were very big and by no means a two or three person lift.

I see your point but if the course material is asking for an answer to this specific line of questioning, all we can do is answer it. It may not be relevent in your mindset, however i have just highlighted the realities of what can happen on site so the question in my view is valid.

Thanks for your input though.

OldskoolUpNorth · May 1, 2014

Engineer54 said:
These electrical NVQ 3s, should stick to electrical skills that seem to be sadly lacking these days!!

I agree, there are some real random questions.

They seem to want to cover every possible angle and future situation.
But as Trev says, we can only answer the questions they ask.

Cheers all.

Poult12 · May 8, 2014

Ah 303 A.... Not such a bad one assignment. 307 & 308 much harder...

Whilst i do agree that the courses need to stick to electrical based questions...
I believe this part of the assignment is to basically show the OPs understanding of how the site works.

Also agree that some questions maybe random to the OP but will obviously be linked to the whole assignment.

Sparkie30 · May 9, 2014

Poult12 said:
Ah 303 A.... Not such a bad one assignment. 307 & 308 much harder...

Whilst i do agree that the courses need to stick to electrical based questions...
I believe this part of the assignment is to basically show the OPs understanding of how the site works.

Also agree that some questions maybe random to the OP but will obviously be linked to the whole assignment.

If you think 307 308 are hard 309 will be a lot harder