Full Time BTEC First Diploma in Construction

BTEC First Diploma in Construction

Length of Course: 1 year

Campus: Pencoed

Course Description: This course provides students with an introduction to the activities of the Construction Industry. Students experience construction through classroom-based learning and a range of site-related visits. Assessment is carried out via written assignments and class projects.

Modules:

• Introduction to the Construction Industry
• Investigating Health, Safety an Welfare
• Construction Science and Mathematics
• Construction Processes and Operations
• Construction Methods and Techniques
• Construction Drawing Techniques

Entry requirements: A BTEC Foundation GNVQ in Construction and the Built Environment or appropriate GCSEs (normally at least 4 at G or above)

Progression/Career Opportunities: Many students use the course to progress onto National Diploma in Construction, with a view to entering the Construction Industry as a Site Technician, a Surveyor or a Trainee Architectural Technician.

Students often use 'successful' completion of this course to help secure a place on a range of craft related courses.

Did you know?: Construction worker Hard Hat's were first invented specifically for workers on the Hoover Dam back in 1933.

What our students say: "Having completed the First Diploma, I have decided to stay on at college and study the National Diploma in Construction. I hope to eventually become a site manager with a large house building contractor. My favourite part of the course was Construction Drawing Techniques." David Philips - BTEC First Diploma in Construction