Quantity Surveying Level 4 CertHE

Overview

This course deals with the key practical and technical processes that quantity surveying involves. It gives you a good understanding of the role of the quantity surveying professional and the varied tasks that go with that role, and it also provides a foundation for the professional cost management side of a construction project.

The programme will be delivered either full time or part time, mainly through face to face lectures, with some online delivery where that style suits the module, together with guided tutorials that support learning in both the academic and on site settings.

The CertHE in Quantity Surveying is a standalone course, which means you can gain foundational knowledge of Quantity Surveying within one year, or within two if you choose to study part time.

What You’ll Learn

You will have the chance to learn about and develop areas within the role of Quantity Surveyor, including:

• Describing and understanding the stages of design from start to finish, including how legal systems, contractual mechanisms and construction technology affect construction costs
• Putting appropriate contracts into practice and using them, as well as how procurement and tendering processes and strategies are applied
• Understanding how effective cost control, prediction techniques and discounting techniques are, along with the benefits and risks linked to design variables
• Building and showing knowledge and understanding of how appropriate methods of quantification and costing are applied to project works
• Preparing pricing documents such as bills of quantities, schedules of activities/works, schedules of rates or contract sum analyses
• Planning, managing and reporting accurately on project costs throughout the life cycle of a project, including cost value reconciliation, cost reporting and profitability

Alongside the fundamentals of cost management, additional digital skills are fully built into the course, using industry standard software, to encourage you to grow your confidence in producing cost estimates and bills of quantities.

You will also develop your problem solving skills, as the course will allow you to build the knowledge needed to give sound and justified cost management advice and guidance in a variety of formats. To help with this, you will be encouraged to develop your technical writing and presentation skills throughout the course.

Assessment

The methods of assessment may differ, but they will generally be a mix of coursework, project based group work, examinations and presentations.

Assessments are based on both live projects and specific built environment scenarios, to make sure you gain the relevant skills to apply and put theory and practice into context in both an academic and industrial setting.

Assessment methods cover written examinations and a range of coursework assessments such as essays, reports, portfolios, performance, presentations and your final year major project. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.

Progression

Once you have completed your CertHE qualification, you can, if you wish, progress onto the BSc Quantity Surveying course at Level 5 to complete the full degree qualification.

After completing this course, you could also go on to Salford’s BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying programme to take your study in the sector further. One of the degrees you could pursue is:

• BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying

Entry Requirements

• GCSE English and Maths: you must have evidence of Level 2 at Grade C/4 or above, as well as the Level 3 requirements
• UCAS Tariff points: 64 UCAS points
• BTEC National Extended Diploma: MPP
• A level: two full A levels as a minimum
• T Level: overall grade P in any subject, with all components passed
• You could be working in the Built Environment, and a suitable Level 3 National Diploma at MPP in a construction related area should be held
• You are welcome to apply if you may not meet the stated entry criteria but can demonstrate your ability to pursue the course successfully. Once your application has been received, it will be assessed and, if you are an eligible candidate, recommended for the Salford Alternative Entry Scheme (SAES). The assessment will be either a review of prior learning or a formal test

Study Options

This course can be studied full time over one year or part time over two years, at the Peel Park campus.