Level Four BTEC Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Construction and the Built Environment

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What is the course about?

This course is suitable for people with a varied achievement profile such as those with significant work experience and those with level three qualifications related to the work sector. It will give you the skills needed for technical and managerial posts throughout the built environment and construction sector, while providing you the opportunity to progress to your degree in the subject.

Learning is conducted via lectures, tutorials, scientific experimentation and analysis, blended learning and the Virtual Learning Environment as a method of student support. You will be given real life scenarios, case studies, experiments and problem-solving activities all related to the industry and specialist subject you are studying, to continue to deepen your ecology of real working life in the industry.

You will be strongly encouraged to develop reflexive practice in your studies and employment during the programme to continue your development in lifelong learning. A key element of the programme is the partial requirements of home study. You will have access to your module tutors 24 \ 7 via virtual learning platforms to enable you to be strongly supported and developed in, and outside of sessions..

What will be studied?

The course will cover the following units.

 Mandatory units:

• Individual research project
• Construction technology
• Science and materials
• Construction practice and management
• Legal and statutory responsibilities in construction
• Construction information
• Building Information Modelling
• Civil Engineering Technology

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