Building Safety Management

To achieve the Diploma, learners must complete all six units:

• Unit 1 – Fire Safety Legislation for Construction
• Unit 2 – Fire Safety Management for Construction
• Unit 3 – Building Safety Management
• Unit 4 – Managing Health, Safety and Wellbeing for Building Safety Management
• Unit 5 – Structures and Technology for Building Safety Management
• Unit 6 – Building Standards for Building Safety Management

Units for the Diploma may be taken in any order. It is, however, recommended that Units 1 and 2 be delivered first.

Assessments are by scenario-based assignments approved by the CIOB Awarding Organisation.

Centres may design their own assignment briefs which must be approved by the Awarding Organisation (CIOB) prior to issue to learners.

All completed assessments are marked by the centre, internally verified and subject to external moderation. The assessment criteria are based on three areas:

1. Task achievement: This is a measure of how well the learner answers the task question/questions and the identification of the key aspects of the task.
2. Technical Content: This is a measure of how well the learner addresses the technical aspects of the task.
3. Presentation: This is a measure of how well the learner presents the assignment and includes the quality of the structure and paragraphing, the quality and relevance of visual or graphical content and the referencing used for quoted sources.

Higher education providers may consider these qualifications for exemption from certain modules within their Higher National Certificate/Diploma and degree programmes.