Advanced Professional Certificate in construction (City and Guilds)
Unit 6: Science in building - Level 3
Unit Summary
This unit concerns the knowledge and skills required to demonstrate an understanding of:
- the scientific principles, terminology and concepts relating to the construction and performance of buildings
- the basic principles relating to the study of heat, light and sound in the context of building and engineering design
- the elementary principles relating to structural behaviour of building elements
- the properties and behaviour of materials in use and within climate variables.
This unit is divided into outcomes which may be studied separately. Alternatively, you may use occupational evidence for accreditation of each outcome, separately or collectively.
Aims
This unit aims to enable the candidate to:
- understand how and why science is used in building
- develop and use appropriate scientific tools, skills and techniques associated with construction.
Outcomes
On successful completion of the unit the candidate will be able to:
- explain scientific principles, terminology and concepts relating to heat, light and sound and the structural behaviour of materials and building elements
- understand and carry out experimental work related to thermal studies, illumination, sound and structural behaviour
- apply scientific principles, terminology and concepts to the construction of low-rise buildings from supplied information.
Assessment
The outcomes of this unit will be assessed on the production of a portfolio work demonstrating an understanding of the application of science in building. The portfolio of work must include:
- the scientific principles, terminology and concepts relating to heat, light and sound and the structural behaviour of materials and building elements,
- experimental work related to thermal studies, illumination, sound and structural behaviour,
- the practical ways in which scientific principles, terminology and concepts are applied to the construction of a low-rise building.
The portfolio must contain written materials, diagrams, graphs, charts, calculations, experimental work, plans and drawings.
This unit is assessed through a combination of your portfolio work and a written paper comprising short answer questions referenced to a test specification covering each of the study outcomes.
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