Construction and the Built Environment Why Study Construction and the Built Environment? Case Why study Construction? Go Higher Study Construction is a huge industry within the If you want to develop your skills even UK that employs a large numbers of workers further, from our Level 3 courses you are and covers many different trades. With all the able to progress to the Foundation Degree different courses available, South Cheshire in Construction and Surveying, which could College is bound to be able to set you up for lead to you becoming a chartered surveyor the trade career or built environment profession or a construction site manager. From the that suits you best. Foundation Degree you can top up with a final year on a BSc Honours Degree in Our campus boasts new and up to date Building Management at the College with construction workshops that will give you all a local university (Liverpool John Moores the specific equipment you need to perfect your University). skills throughout your course, whichever path Dale Hassall you choose to pursue. Some Career Options Enrichment opportunities are available to give Middlewich High School you the chance to experience the construction Civil Engineer industry first hand. Examples of these include Chartered Surveyor Bricklaying Diploma Level 1 work placements in your first year so that you Plumber can gain valuable experience and develop your “I’ve always enjoyed bricklaying and my skills within the working world. We also have Construction Manager uncle is a builder so I’ve helped him out links with large companies such as Pochins, Bricklayer with work in the past. I came to college which allows you to spend time with workers to learn new bricklaying skills and the Plasterer who know the industry inside out and can share course has been really good. The tutors their knowledge and wisdom with you. Painter and Decorator and other students in the group have also Carpenter been good to work with as well. I enjoy all the practical work and I want to work Floor Layer as a full-time bricklayer in the future.” Joiner Electrical Installer 01270 654654 2 Construction – Vocational Courses Course Code Course / Board Entry Requirements Course Summary What Next? / Duration Foundation BS4178B Construction - No formal entry This certificate is designed to prepare you for employment in the You may choose to Introduction to qualifications are construction industry. The course covers areas such as functional apply for a Foundation One year Employment in required. skills in Maths and English, as well as brickwork skills, carpentry, Learning Level 1 the Construction joinery, painting and decorating. programme in one Industry of the construction Foundation trades. Learning – Edexcel BS4168A Bricklaying Four GCSE grades This Level 1 course has both practical and theory sessions. Units Progress to the Diploma Level 1 – D-G or above and a include: safe working practices, handling and storage of resources, Bricklaying Diploma One year CSkills successful college carrying out blocklaying, bricklaying and cavity walling activities, Level 2. interview. and contribution to building basic masonry structures up to damp course level. You will be well supported on this course and it is a great first step towards a career in construction. BS4160A Painting and Four GCSE grades This Level 1 course covers basic concepts in painting and Level 2 Diploma Decorating D-G or above and a decorating, including handling and storing resources, building and in Painting and One year Diploma Level 1 – successful college dismantling work platforms, preparing the work area, preparing Decorating. CSkills interview. surfaces for decorating and applying decorative materials - paint, wallpaper and decorative finishes. BS4163A Woodtrades - Four GCSE grades This is the Level 1 nationally recognised certificate in carpentry Progress to the Level Carpentry and D-G or above and a and joinery. The course is very practical and includes: safe working 2 Diploma in Site One year Joinery successful college practices, underpinning construction knowledge, care and use of Carpentry or Bench Diploma Level 1 – interview. portable power tools, care and use of woodworking hand tools Joinery. CSkills and use of basic wood jointing techniques. From this course you can progress to focus on either bench joinery or site carpentry, depending on your area of interest. Level 2 BS4169A Bricklaying Bricklaying Diploma This Level 2 course will give you both practical skills and Progress onto the Level Diploma Level 2 – Level 1. underpinning knowledge, including safe working practices, 3 Bricklaying Diploma. One year CSkills building methods and construction technology, interpreting working drawings, carrying out thin joint masonry and masonry cladding, building solid walling, isolated and attached piers and cavity walled structures. The skills you will gain build on what is taught at Level 1, to make you a better qualified construction worker. EN4180A Electrical Four GCSEs at grades If you want to be a bright spark, be an electrician! Demand for Progression to a Installation A*-C, including qualified electricians remains high and this course in our excellent Level 3 certificate or One year (Electrotechnical Science, English and facilities will set you off on the right track. Electricians can be self- employment within Technology) Maths. Subjects such employed or work directly for companies, so if you want a job that’s an apprenticeship Level 2 Certificate as ICT and D & T are far from 9 to 5, then a career as an electrician could be perfect. The framework. – City and Guilds also preferred. course will include electrotechnical knowledge, electrical science and the practical application of your knowledge in the workshop. 0127001270 654656546544 3 Construction – Vocational Courses Course Code Course / Board Entry Requirements Course Summary What Next? /Duration Level 2 BS4161A Painting and Level 1 Diploma If you’ve already done Level 1 in Painting and Decorating and want Level 3 Diploma Decorating in Painting and to improve your skills, then this course is for you. Study is mainly in Painting and One year Diploma Level 2 – Decorating. practical and includes underpinning knowledge of construction, Decorating. CSkills storage of materials/equipment, preparation of work areas, erecting/dismantling working platforms, the application of paint, wallpaper and special paint finishes. BS4173A Plumbing Four GCSE passes In our plumbing workshop, you will be able to get to grips with one Progress to Level Certificate Level 2 at grades A*-C, of the most sought after trade skills in the UK. Plumbing skills are 2 NVQ Diploma One year – City and Guilds including English very much in demand and on these courses you will learn all the (subject to being in Language and Maths. practical and theoretical basics of the trade, including health and employment), and then safety, pipe fitting skills, installing appliances, water regulations, to Level 3 Plumbing, sanitation and drainage, use of power tools and sheet lead work. to gain the additional skills required to become a qualified plumber. BS4164A Woodtrades - Site Level 1 Diploma This new Level 2 course focuses on site carpentry and will help you Progress to the Level Carpentry in Carpentry and to improve on skills learnt at Level 1. Units of practical work and 3 Diploma in Site One year Diploma Level 2 – Joinery. classroom study include storing materials and equipment, erecting/ Carpentry. CSkills dismantling basic working platforms, working efficiently, first and second fixing before/after plasterwork, structural carcassing and using circular saws. BS4165A Woodtrades - Level 1 Diploma This new Level 2 course focuses on bench joinery and will help Progress to the Level Bench Joinery in Carpentry and you to improve on skills learnt at Level 1. Units of practical work 3 Diploma in Bench One year Diploma Level 2 – Joinery. and classroom study include safe working practices, underpinning Joinery. CSkills construction knowledge, circular saw operation, producing and marking out and the manufacture of routine joinery products. Level 3 BS4170A Bricklaying Bricklaying Diploma This Level 3 course in bricklaying adds to the knowledge and Progress to a Level Diploma Level 3 – Level 2. skills gained at Level 2 with both practical units and underpinning 3 Extended Diploma One year CSkills knowledge. Units that you will study include safe working practices, in Building Studies or building methods and construction technology, carrying out into employment in the structural and decorative brickwork, repair and maintenance of construction industry. masonry structures and the erection of complex structures. BS4029A1 Building Studies For entry onto the This course is ideal if you want to work within the building services Students may BTEC Level 3 Level 3 Extended industry in a technical role, or want to go on to HE to study a progress to our One year Extended Diploma Diploma you will construction-related degree. The core units include health, safety Foundation Degree – Edexcel need five GCSEs and welfare, construction and the environment, construction in Construction and at grade A*-C technology and design, construction science and materials, Surveying, validated including English analytical methods and building technology. Specialist units by Liverpool John and a minimum D in include planning, organising and control of resource, graphical Moores University, Maths. Alternatively, detailing, measuring, tendering and estimating, surveying process, or an Honours a student may enter environmental science, building and surveying, building services, Degree in subjects the course with a building regulations and control, valuation, design procedures, like architecture Level 3 Diploma in a planning procedures and property law. or architectural construction trade or technology. NVQ Level 2, subject to interview BS4205A1 Building Services For entry onto the This course is ideal if you want to work within the building services Students may Engineering Level 3 Extended industry in a technical role, or want to go on to HE to study a progress to our Two years BTEC Level 3 Diploma you will construction-related degree.