Pearson
    Level 3
    QN: 603/1216/6
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    Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Civil Engineering

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Pearson. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1500 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    Pearson
    Syllabus Units
    22 Units
    Guided Hours
    1500 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Building Information Modelling

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Examine the application of the RIBA Digital
    • Plan of Work in an information management environment
    • Examine the construction information management environment
    • Investigate the contribution of information management technologies in a BIM-enabled design and construct project
    • Investigate the effect of policy, standards and legislation on the BIM-enabled environment.
    2

    Building Regulations and Control in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the requirements of building regulations
    • Examine the requirements of the building regulations
    • Undertake a building regulations application
    3

    Building Surveying in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of the methods used to construct existing buildings on current and future maintenance requirements
    • Explore different defects and methods of repair for low-rise residential properties
    • Undertake a building survey of a low-rise residential property
    4

    Construction Design

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of construction design and build concepts and processes
    • Apply knowledge and understanding of construction design and build concepts and processes to design a building to meet an initial project brief
    • Analyse site, client and construction information to make decisions in order to produce a building design to meet an initial project brief
    • Be able to develop a reasoned design solution for a building to meet an initial project brief
    5

    Construction in Civil Engineering

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the methods and techniques used to perform earth
    • work activities
    • Develop a substructure design for a civil engineering project
    • Develop a superstructure design and specification for a civil engineering project
    6

    Construction Principles

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Demonstrate knowledge of construction terms, standards, concepts, methods and processes
    • Demonstrate understanding of construction standards, concepts, methods and processes in context, in order to find solutions to real-life construction problems
    • Analyse and evaluate information in order to recommend and justify the use of technologies and methodologies to solve construction problems in context
    • Make connections between information, technologies and methodologies to re
    • solve construction problems
    7

    Construction Technology

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand common forms of low-rise construction
    • Examine foundation design and construction
    • Examine superstructure design and construction
    • Examine external works associated with construction projects
    8

    Further Mathematics for Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Examine how algebraic and trigonometric techniques can be used to solve a construction problem
    • Examine how calculus can be used to solve a construction problem
    • Investigate the use of statistical methods to solve a construction problem
    9

    Graphical Detailing in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the resources required to produce construction drawings
    • Develop construction drawings for a given construction brief
    • Undertake production of two-dimensional and three-dimensional freehand construction sketches
    10

    Health and Safety in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how health and safety legislation is applied to construction operations
    • Carry out the development of a safe system of work for construction operations
    • Understand the need for the review of safety systems for construction operations
    11

    Highway Construction and Maintenance in Civil Engineering

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Undertake the planning and preparation works required for highway construction
    • Undertake the production of plans for highway construction
    • Examine maintenance procedures for highways
    12

    Management of a Construction Project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles and application of management in construction
    • Understand purchasing and cost management techniques
    • Develop a programme of activities for construction works
    13

    Measurement Techniques in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Examine the measurement rules for building and civil engineering
    • Undertake the production of quantities for substructure and superstructure elements
    • Undertake the production of bills of quantities
    14

    Principles and Applications of Structural Mechanics

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of structural behaviour under load
    • Carry out calculations to solve structural mechanics problems
    • Undertake the design of structural elements
    • Examine the use of computers in structural analysis and design
    15

    Projects in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Examine the design of a construction project
    • Investigate methods and techniques used in a construction project
    • Explore the impact of a construction project
    16

    Public Health Engineering

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand below ground drainage systems and methods for treating sewerage
    • Examine methods for disposing of solid domestic waste
    • Examine the processes used to produce and distribute drinking water
    17

    Quality Control Management in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Investigate the sources of quality standards in construction
    • Understand who is responsible for the quality of construction work
    • Apply systems used to control the quality of construction work
    18

    Site Engineering for Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Undertake the setting out of construction work on plan
    • Undertake the setting out of infrastructure works
    • Explore how to maintain horizontal and vertical control in setting out
    19

    Specialist Civil Engineering Techniques

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Examine different types of bridges and construction techniques
    • Examine the principles of tunnelling
    • Examine marine applications of civil engineering
    20

    Surveying in Construction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the methods and technologies that underpin surveys
    • Undertake field
    • work surveys to collect data for drawings
    • Develop drawings from completed field
    • work surveys
    21

    Tendering and Estimating

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Apply knowledge and understanding of the tendering and estimating process and techniques to determine estimated costs
    • Analyse information to determine tendering and estimating outcomes in order to make evaluative judgements and commercial decisions in context
    • Be able to apply the tendering and estimating process, techniques and outcomes in order to produce a justified tender submission relative to the scenario
    22

    Work Experience in the Construction Sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Examine the benefits of work experience in construction for own learning and development
    • Develop a work experience plan to support own learning and development
    • Carry out work experience to meet set objectives
    • Reflect on the development of own personal and professional skills and practices

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/1216/6
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Pearson
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Sept 2017