CITB Understanding Commercial Awareness

Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:

• explain the responsibility of the supervisor in controlling costs
• explain two or more opportunities the supervisor has to impact on cost
• describe the principal features of two or more mechanisms in the organisation used by the supervisor to maintain control of labour and materials costs
• explain how the budget to build can be used as a control mechanism for managing cost

Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:

• describe potential waste in the organisation within a detailed and appropriate context
• describe two or more techniques and/or methods used by the supervisor for measuring and monitoring waste in the organisation
• identify the main benefits of managing waste in the organisation
• Assessment of this learning outcome must be via a scenario based practical exercise which covers the delegates ability to:
• compile a simple action plan to minimise waste on site

Assessment of this learning outcome must cover the delegates ability to:

• explain the purpose of record-keeping for the organisation
• identify key information to be recorded by the supervisor to meet organisational and legal guidelines
• explain the supervisor’s role in maintaining accurate records of the allocation of labour, plant and materials
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