Course description
The course is aimed at students who completed L3 construction and the built environment qualification and L3 plumbing or Electrical installation qualification and wanting to continue their education through applied learning to gain the experience of the breadth and depth of the construction sector that will prepare them for further study or training. The course is for students with a clear line of sight to progression to HND at L5 and to a degree at Level 6, as well as to gain the skill for work readiness in the sector.
Suitability - Who should attend?
A minimum of two passes at A Level, plus four passes at GCSE (grades A–C or grade 4 and above), including Maths and English Language and a science subject.
Or a National Certificate or Diploma with MM or other equivalent qualifications, such as GNVQ/NVQ or other Level 3 vocational qualifications, plus English and maths at grade C or above and a science subject.
For Students returning to education, other qualifications and experience will be taken into consideration when processing applications. Also an international equivalent of the above will be considered.
All students who are non-native English speakers and who have not undertaken their final two years of schooling in English, must demonstrate capability in English at a standard equivalent to IELTS 5.5; Reading and Writing must be at 5.5 or equivalent.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Higher National Certificate in Construction Management
Training Course Content
This is a Part-Time course students study over 2 years, 1 day per week.
The course has eight units and each of them has a 15 credit value.
Unit Type Unit Credits Level Core Mandatory
Unit 1: Construction Design Project -Pearson-set (Core Mandatory)
Unit 2: Construction Technology (Core Mandatory)
Unit 4: The Construction Environment (Core Mandatory)
Unit 5: Legal and Statutory Requirements in Construction (Core Mandatory)
Unit 6: Digital Applications for Construction Information (Core Mandatory)
Unit 7: Surveying, Measuring & Setting-out (Core Mandatory)
Unit 11: Financial Management & Business Practices in Construction (Core Mandatory)
*Unit 20: Site Supervision & Operations (Core Mandatory)
Course delivery details
The programme uses a combination of traditional classroom teaching, open learning and research-based experiential learning, laboratory experiments and demonstrations, use of modern surveying equipment, industry standard IT applications and group activities, tutorial directed study and site visits.
To cover the required Guided Learning (GL) hours you will study 7.5 supervised hours per week to cover 6 hours theory, 1 hours practical activities and 0.5 hour tutorial. For a 2 years to cover the activities below:
- 74% classroom based teaching
- 20% workshop and laboratory experiments
- 6% directed study and site visits
Other 11.25 independent and unsupervised hours per week will be offered to contribute to the Total Learning (TL) hours as below. - 5 hours working on assignment (22.5%)
- 2.5 hours research/ learning (11%)
- 1.25 hours compilation of evidences (5.5%)
- 2.5 hours e-learning (11%).
The course is assessed using written assignments. All the assignments are 100% assessed and marked internally by HCUC. One assignment is Pearson-set assignment but the remaining 14 assignments are HCUC set assignments. Assignments covered the theory and the practical elements of the assessment at the ratio 4:1.
Continuing Studies
The course provides progression into the workplace either directly or via study at a higher level including L5 HND and L6 an Honours degree University (subject to grades). Areas for progression to higher level may include Building Service Engineering, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Property Management, or Architectural Technology (subjected to entry guidelines and prerequisite subjects or a foundation year).
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