CONSTRUCTION
City and Guilds: An Introductory Certificate in Basic Construction Skills
Occupational Skills: Plastering
What will I learn? You will learn a range of plastering skills and how to use specialist tools and equipment. You will learn the information necessary to employ these skills safely.
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical and written work.
Attendance: 2 days per week.
City and Guilds: An Introductory Certificate in Basic Construction Skills
Occupational Skills: Painting and Decorating
What will I learn? You will learn the skills required to prepare a variety of surfaces and apply a range of finishes.
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical and written work.
Attendance: 2 days per week.
City and Guilds: An Introductory Certificate in Basic Construction Skills
Occupational Skills: Carpentry and Joinery
What will I learn? You will learn how to use specialist tools and equipment. you will learn a range of specialist techniques and skills to enable you to work in wood.
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical and written work.
Attendance: 2 days per week.
City and Guilds: An Introductory Certificate in Basic Construction Skills
Occupational Skills: Bricklaying
What will I learn? You will learn a range of brickworks skills and how to use specialist tools and equipment. You will learn the information necessary to employ these skills safely.
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical and written work.
Attendance: 2 days per week.
City & Guilds 6303 Construction (Level 2)
What will I learn? This course includes studying for work in the technical area of Construction as well as practical skills. You will learn about the:
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Activities undertaken by the industry
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Individual job roles and responsibilities
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The social and economic significance of the industry
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Heath, Safety and welfare
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical and written work. There will be one theory based external examination.
Attendance: 2 days per week. ( one day practical, one day theory)
ENGINEERING
VRQ
What will I Learn? How to work safely and effectively in an engineering workshop, selecting materials and controlling manufacturing operations
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical and written work.
Attendance: 2 days per week.
EAL: Performing Engineering Operations Level 1
What will I learn? Various Engineering skills will be learned and developed. You will learn how to work co-operatively with others.
Assessment: Your tutor will assess your practical work; written tasks are necessary to show you understand the underpinning knowledge and can work safely.
Attendance: 2 days per week.
DIPLOMA
Construction in the Built Environment
What will I learn? The CBE diploma has 3 components: design the built environment, create the built environment and value and use the built environment. You could learn to be a designer, planner, surveyor, architect or even a project manager.
Assessment: There are 7 units in the diploma. 6 of these are internally assessed and one contains an external multiple choice online test – this is on Facilities Management.
Attendance: This is 2 days a week on Wed and Thurs from 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Progression route: The level 2 CBE diploma is equivalent to 7 GCSEs grades A* - C. This will give a learner points to take forward to either FE College or a Career of their choice. The diploma qualification could lead to a further level 3 diploma either in CBE or any subject, as well as A levels. The diploma is also recognised by Universities.