Changes to Standards Verification for BTEC Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment

From this academic year, 2022-2023, we have moved to a model where at least 1 face-to-face visit will be required for the qualification BTEC Level 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment, which sits under the WBL Construction sector for Levels 1–3.

This means, for sector-specific Standards Verification activity where the BTEC Level 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment is being sampled:

• One Standards Verification activity will need to be face-to-face. Other programmes allocated to the SV should be sampled/verified on the same day if possible
• Second Standards Verification activity will generally be remote unless quality issues require another face-to-face visit
• Beyond the single face-to-face verification activity, any additional face-to-face verification activities will need to be approved by Pearson prior to being arranged

NB: The face-to-face visit does not necessarily have to be conducted as the first verification activity, but if the first activity is remote, the second verification activity will be used as a face-to-face visit by the SV.

Note that the default verification method remains remote for other Construction programmes under WBL unless there is authorisation for a face-to-face visit, or the programme is sampled at the same time as the BTEC Level 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment on a face-to-face visit.