ILM Level 3 in Leadership & Management in Construction Award Course
What is the Construction Award?
The C-ILM Level 3 Award qualification is a nationally recognised leadership qualification for construction site managers and supervisors, by IML.
This course will teach you the basic leadership and management skills required to help you better lead your teams. You will identify the strengths and weaknesses of both yourself and your company and develop action plans and tools to improve performance, avoid mistakes of the trade and, learn what makes a good manager.
Who is the Level 3 Award in Leadership & Management for?
This ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management qualification is an entry level qualification for anyone with management responsibilities but no formal qualification. This Award is particularly suited to practising team leaders seeking to move up to the next level of management, and managers who need to lead people through organisational change, budget cuts or other pressures.
These are non-technical qualifications that are aimed at team leaders, supervisors, foremen and site managers looking to gain a thorough understanding of leadership and management principles to effectively lead, supervise and safely manage staff in the built environment and construction industry.
This qualification is aimed at those within the construction and built environment industries and you will need to be in a construction related workplace to complete the assignments. The Certificate can be undertaken to gain the CSCS Gold Card.
Course Format
To complete this ILM Level 3 Award in construction course you will be required to undertake between 2 and 14 credits of training.
Click here for the full Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector specification.
The Award Level
For the Award Level you will be required to sit 3-days of training and then complete 2 assignments. You will only receive your ILM qualification once you have completed all the necessary assignments.
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Benefits for individuals
Here are just a few benefits the Level 3 in Construction Qualification offers you as an individual:
- You will develop skills to effectively lead, supervise and communicate to your teams
- You will gain a solid grounding in the operation of construction projects and programmes
- You will learn site and staff management techniques that you can implement straight away
- You will be able to manage and lead site safety and workplace behaviour and with confidence
- You will gain a national qualification that will support you in obtaining your Academically Qualified Person (AQP) card through the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Benefits for your employer
Here are just a few benefits the Level 3 in Construction Qualification offers you as an individual:
- Managers will have proven application of skills for tenders and major contracts
- Employers can ensure best practice in their people and site management
- Ensure a safer and more efficient use of physical, fiscal and human resources
- Staff will meet the technical and competence needs of programmes and projects
Accreditation / Qualification(s) offered
- Successful completion of the Award Level will mean you will be awarded the ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector.
Awarding Organisation
ILM qualifications are awarded by the City and Guilds of London Institute, which was founded in 1878 and is incorporated by Royal Charter.
What This Course Includes
This price includes course registration and assessment evaluations, course materials and, if successful in the passing your assessment, an official ILM Level 3 Award certificate.
See dates & bookDelivery method:
- Face-to-face
- 3 days
London, East Anglia, South East, South West – UK
CITB Training Centre- See dates
£820.00 excl. VAT
Award Level
ILM Certificate
Does not Expire


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The two mandatory modules of this course are:
- 8626-300 Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector
This module will help you to develop your management skills specifically in the construction sector. You will learn techniques that can be used within other industries as well as techniques which will be specific to the built environment sector. - 8626-301 Delivery of Site Operations and Logistics
One of the main duties for a manager within the construction industry is being able to understand logistics and use them effectively to ensure the smooth running of site operations. This module will teach you how to deal with logistics on site and how to deliver to specified site operations.
We highly recommend that delegates already hold, or are working towards, one or more of the following qualifications. These meet the industry standard requirements to be able to work on site:
- CSCS Blue Card
- White Yellow PQP Card
- CITB Health, safety and environment test
- Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
- Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) Card
- You also need a good understanding of spoken and written English
- You will need to provide a valid form of ID on the first day of the course, such as a copy of your passport or driving licence
By the end of the course learners will be able to:
- Understand the difference between managing and leading
- Manage employees and contractors effectively
- Deliver projects to the specs that have been specified
- Use logistics to their advantage when working on projects
- Understand commercial awareness
- Solve problems on and off site
- Handle difficult situations
- Work to deadlines and achieve project success
Upcoming dates for ILM Level 3 in Leadership & Management in Construction Award Course
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Instructor-led
Instructor-led
Plymouth
Plymouth
Instructor-led
Maidstone - MidKent College
Maidstone - MidKent College
Instructor-led
CITB Training Centre
CITB Training Centre
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