Higher Professional Diploma in Construction, Level 4

 

We now offer Higher Professional Diploma (HPD) in Construction from City and Guilds.

You can study for the full award over a 12-24 month period in one evening per week or on Saturday afternoons. Students can start this course at the beginning of any month.

The new Higher Professional Diploma for Construction:

• is aimed at:
• people who work in the Construction industries
• people who wish to progress to such work

• will be offered at Level 4 of the National Qualifications Framework

• takes account of the Construction Framework

• is designed to meet the needs of high achieving, work-based City & Guilds candidates and takes account of the patterns of work in the e-commerce environment

• enables candidates to develop high level skills in a range of Construction areas

• reflects the knowledge areas expressed in the relevant National Occupational Standards to ensure industry, QCA and NTO acceptability

• comprises units which can be accredited separately and have the potential to be tailored to the needs of the individual

Broad objectives
            The scheme is designed to enable candidates to

• develop an understanding of the variety of management roles and skills undertaken, throughout the Construction industry
• gain generic and specific management and technical skills appropriate to their chosen career path and aspirations.

3.4       Progression opportunities
            The qualification provides a progression route for candidates who have achieved either a level 3 S/NVQ or a level of expertise commensurate with Level 3 in the National Qualifications Framework, which has been acquired through work experience and can be verified through the City & Guilds APL/APEL procedure.

           

The qualification gives opportunities for research, analysis and original thought. It equates to 120 H1 credits within the SEEC/NICATS credit systems, equivalent to the first year of a degree programmer of study or the first half of a Foundation Degree.            

           

 

Course structure:

Block A	Block B
Mandatory ALL FIVE of Communications and human relations Health, safety and welfare Construction methods and planning Construction Documents Construction technology	Optional SEVEN UNITS of : Materials management Plant and equipment management Employing the workforce Sub-contractors Estimating and tendering Conditions of contract Budgeting and costing Property surveys Procurement of projects Finance in construction Quality assurance
12 units in total: 5 from Block A and 7 from Block B

 

Success in each unit within the qualification will be recognised by the issuing of a City & Guilds Certificate of Unit Credit.  The Advanced Professional Diploma in Construction will be awarded to those candidates who successfully complete the 5 core units and any 7 of the optional units.

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Higher Professional Diploma in Construction, Level 4, for further information on each unit please click below;

Unit 1:  Communications and human relations

Unit 2:   Health, safety and welfare

Unit 3:   Construction Methods and planning

Unit 4:   Construction Documents

Unit 5:   Construction Technology

Unit 6:   Materials Management

Unit 7:   Plant and equipment management

Unit 8:   Employing the workforce

Unit 9:   Subcontractors

Unit 10: Estimating and Tendering

Unit 11: Conditions of contract

Unit 12: Budgeting and costing

Unit 13: Procurement of projects

Unit 14: Finance in Construction

Unit 15: Setting up the construction site

Unit 16: Quality assurance

 

  

 

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