Construction Courses

Brickwork Level 1 Diploma (Full Time)

Bricklaying is one of the traditional trades both in the UK and around the world. Those studying bricklaying will learn a variety of skills to enable them to build, repair and maintain the country's housing stock.

Brickwork Level 2 Diploma (Full Time)

Building on the skills learnt during the Level 1 programme, you will extend your skills and knowledge with more challenging activities.

Carpentry & Joinery Level 1 Diploma (Full Time)

This Level 1 qualification provides an introduction to carpentry and joinery skills. It allows students to learn, develop and practise the skills required for employment and/or career progression in carpentry or joinery.

Carpentry & Joinery Level 2 Diploma (Full Time)

After learning the basic skills at Level?1, you can follow one of two routes: Site carpenters will work on building sites erecting and fitting timber. Bench carpenters will manufacture items such as roof trusses and staircases ready to be delivered to the building site to be installed by the site carpenters.

Construction Multi-Skills Level 1 Diploma (Full Time)

This is a basic construction course that is an introduction to several disciplines that form part of the construction industry.

Design, Surveying & Planning for Construction (Civil Engineering) Level 3 T Level (Full Time)

The core element of a T Level in Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction will boost your knowledge in a range of topics such as design principles, project management and health and safety. You'll also learn about the commercial side of construction, including stakeholder management, business structures and entrepreneurship. And as the construction industry is always evolving, you'll dive into the world of digital technology, innovation and sustainability, to understand how the industry will be shaped in the future.

Design, Surveying & Planning for Construction (Surveying & Design for Construction & the Built Environment) Level 3 T Level (Full Time)

This technical qualification is intended for those who want to progress to a career in the Construction sector, with a focus on Surveying and Design. You will also cover specialist units such as: measure the built environment, analyse the built environment, design the built environment and verify delivery of the built environment. Whilst on your employer led work placement you will complete an employer set project, which is an essential part of the overall qualification.

Electrical Installation Level 2 Diploma (Full Time)

This qualification provides you with the underlying knowledge and abilities needed to progress in Electrical Installation and will allow you to support a fully qualified electrician on site.

Painting & Decorating Level 1 Diploma (Full Time)

This quali?cation is for students who wish to enter into a career in the painting and decorating industry. The course covers basic preparation and painting and decorating skills.

Painting & Decorating Level 2 Diploma (Full Time)

Building on the skills learnt on the Level?1 programme, you will extend your skills and knowledge with more challenging activities.

Plumbing Level 1 Diploma (Full Time)

This Level 1 qualification will provide you with the basic plumbing skills used in industry.

Plumbing Level 2 Diploma (Full Time)

This Level 2 qualification builds on the skills learnt at Level 1 and allows you to carry out installations of kitchen, bathroom and sanitary ware.

Bricklayer Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Bricklayers lay bricks, blocks and other types of building components in mortar to construct and repair walls, foundations, partitions, arches and other structures e.g. chimney stacks. They might also refurbish brickwork and masonry on restoration projects. The range of sites and projects that bricklayers will work on include large commercial developments, new builds in housing, alterations, extensions and restorations.

Building Services Design Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. We can support your company with this apprenticeship. We are an approved organisation to deliver the BTEC Level 3 in Construction and the Built Environment (Building services pathway). We also deliver the NVQ in the workplace. These are both recommended qualifications for this Apprenticeship Standard.

Building Services Engineering Installer Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. For this apprenticeship standard, we provide a day release programme for 2 years to study a Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Engineering. In addition, we will support you with specific support in CAD training. The apprentice will also receive dedicated Level fundamental engineering training. This will support the apprentice in understanding fundamental engineering skills. The apprentice will also complete an NVQ in Engineering technical support. We will then support you with guidance on the training on specific items in the workplace and preparation for the End Point Assessment. Our dedicated apprenticeship team will be happy to discuss this programme with you.

Building Services Engineering Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. Building services engineering covers the design, installation, operation and maintenance of all the things that make a building safe, comfortable, energy efficient and functional. You will be based on a construction site with occasional time in the office. This Apprenticeship includes an HNC qualification and typically takes 3 years depending on experience.

Carpentry and Joinery (Bench Joinery) Advanced Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. The course involves carrying out advanced skilled work, primarily using timber products, either on a construction site, or in a workshop, creating and installing building components. The advanced carpenter and joiner is able to undertake complex job tasks, requiring high levels of practical skills and knowledge, in addition to managing their own work and leading small teams.

Carpentry and Joinery (Bench Joinery) Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. The occupation involves carrying out skilled work, primarily using timber products, either on a construction site, or in a workshop, creating and installing building components.

Carpentry and Joinery (Site Carpentry) Advanced Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship.The course involves carrying out advanced skilled work, primarily using timber products, either on a construction site, or in a workshop, creating and installing building components. The advanced carpenter and joiner is able to undertake complex job tasks, requiring high levels of practical skills and knowledge, in addition to managing their own work and leading small teams.

Carpentry and Joinery (Site Carpentry) Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. The occupation involves carrying out skilled work, primarily using timber products, either on a construction site, or in a workshop, creating and installing building components

Charted Surveyor (Quantity Surveyor) Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Some of the main duties and tasks of a Construction Quantity Surveyor include ensuring that comprehensive study has been undertaken of the whole life aspects of the project and the understanding of the client?s needs and managing the selection of the specialist contractors for the project.

Civil Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. We can support your company with this apprenticeship. We are an approved organisation to deliver the BTEC Level 3 in Construction and the Built Environment (Civil Engineering pathway). This is a recommended qualification for this Apprenticeship Standard

Construction Design & Build Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. As a construction design and build technician, you will help to coordinate design information on construction projects and be mainly based on construction sites, with occasional time in offices. This Apprenticeship includes an HNC qualification and typically takes 3 years depending on experience.

Construction Groundworker Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. We have been working with Kier to deliver groundwork courses at the college and are able to offer support for this apprenticeship. For further information please contact our apprenticeship team

Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. The occupation covered by this standard is Construction Quantity Surveying Technician. Some of the duties and tasks of a Construction Surveying Technician include Assisting senior managers with the budgeting of construction projects, control of costs during a construction project and selection and management of specialist contractors.

Construction Site Engineering Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Some of the main duties and tasks of a Construction Site Engineering Technician include dimensional control of construction projects, assisting design teams with civil engineering solutions on construction projects and supervision of specialist contractors.

Construction Site Management Level 6 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Some of the main duties and tasks of a Construction Site Manager include ensuring that safe systems of work are in place on their site and that all staff and operatives on site adhere to those systems and safe standards of behaviour and managing interfaces between the various stakeholders associated with the site.

Construction Site Supervisor Level 4 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Some of the main duties and tasks of a Construction Site Supervisor include supervision of specialist contractors, the control of health and safety standards on construction projects and control of quality of works on a construction project.

Installation Electrician / Maintenance Electrician Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. Our Level 3 Electrical Installation Apprenticeship is suitable for new entrants to the Electrical industry. Apprentices must have achieved good GCSE grades for maths and English. Modules studied at college include Health, Safety and Environmental Considerations, Electrical Scientific Principles and Technologies, Design and Installation Practices and Procedures, Plan and Oversee Electrical Work Activities, Terminations and Connections of Conductor, Installation Practices and Procedures or Practices and Procedures for Maintenance, Fault Finding, Inspection Testing and Commissioning, Wiring Regulations There is a 3 day end assessment for this Apprenticeship

Painter and Decorator Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Painters and Decorators operate in domestic and commercial properties and undertake the decoration and protection of buildings. Properties include houses, schools, offices, hospitals factories and construction sites.

Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship. Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technicians plan, select, install, service, commission and maintain all aspects of plumbing and heating systems. Plumbing and domestic heating technicians can find themselves working inside or outside a property. Customer service skills and being tidy and respectful are important qualities as they can often find themselves working in customers? homes as well as on building sites.

Property Maintenance Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for an apprenticeship. This Property maintenance standard is suitable for individuals who ensure that structures such as residential properties through to commercial and industrial premises are in good working order. They will perform maintenance tasks within the building services and fabric of the building including the grounds.

Surveying Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship)

Please note you must be employed before applying for this Apprenticeship.The occupations covered by this standard are associated with surveying technicians acting on behalf of clients or employers in an assistant capacity. Duties can include to collect information from inspections or visits to buildings land and construction sites and taking appropriate measurements of buildings, lands or plans.

Construction & The Built Environment (Building Services Engineering) 1 Year Fast-Track HNC (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Building Services Engineering) HND Top-Up (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Civil Engineering) 1 Year Fast-Track HNC (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Civil Engineering) HND Top-Up (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Construction Management) HND Top-Up (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Construction) 1 Year Fast-Track HNC (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Surveying) 1 Year Fast-Track HNC (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Surveying) HND Top-Up (HE Full Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Building Services Engineering) HNC (HE Part Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Civil Engineering) HNC (HE Part Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Construction) HNC (HE Part Time)

Construction & The Built Environment (Surveying) HNC (HE Part Time)

Quantity Surveying BSc (Hons) Degree (HE Part Time)

This course is subject to validation. While studying for a recognised degree, you will learn how quantity surveyors organise, control and manage the costing of projects, including building economics, contracts and construction law, construction technology and project management.

Electrical Installation Level 2 Diploma (Part Time)

City and Guilds 2365 - Following on from the Level 1 Introduction to Electrical Installation this second year completes all the practical training tasks and theory to complete at Level 2. Please note that this course is a technical training course and does not qualify you as an electrician. Candidates working in the industry should study the C&G 2357 available as a day release course.

Electrical Installation Level 3 Diploma (Part Time)

This course continues on from the Level 2 (C&G 2365) and covers Design, Fault Diagnosis and Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations. Please note that this is a technical training course and does not qualify you as an Electrician.

Trowel Occupations (Construction) Level 3 NVQ Diploma (Part Time)

Wood Occupations (Construction) Level 3 NVQ Diploma (Part Time)