FdSc Construction Management (Design and Build Technician)
Typical job roles can include:
- Design Manager
- Contracts Manager
- Construction Manager
A Construction Design and Build technician provides assistance to engineers and other construction professionals in the development of cost-effective technical and sustainable design solutions involving the production of three-dimensional models, calculations, specifications, reports and drawings, taking into account, where appropriate, pre-fabrication techniques.
This course will explore; systems such as renewable technologies, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, drainage, lighting, power, controls and lifts. Buildings and infrastructure take on many forms from newly built facilities to the refurbishment of premises for every sector of industry. This course prepares prospective design technicians for their role in the construction industry, as they could be working under supervision in a design consultancy, with a contractor or in a manufacturing company.
FdSc Construction Management (Quantity Surveying Technician)
Typical job roles can include:
- Assistant Quantity Surveyor
- Assistant Construction Surveyor
- Quantity Surveying Technician
- Assistant Cost Engineer
- Assistant Cost Analyst
Construction Quantity Surveying Technicians are associated with the monitoring and control of costs and contracts on construction projects and are based on sites or in offices.
This qualification will include the knowledge, skills and behaviours typically required to achieve Technician status - or the equivalent - with the industry’s recognised professional bodies.
FdSc Construction Management (Site Supervisor)
This qualification can lead to roles such as
- Assistant Site Manager
- Assistant Supervisor
- Construction Site Supervisor
In the case of SME construction companies, the roles are likely to include Site Manager or Site Supervisor. Such roles are associated with the supervision of specialist contractors and workers on construction projects and are based on construction sites with occasional time in offices.
This qualification will include the knowledge, skills and behaviours typically required to achieve Technician status or the equivalent with the industry’s recognised professional bodies.