TC65
Part–Time
January
£3250
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Rochdale Road Campus
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HNC Quantity Surveying for England (HTQ)
Pearson
The UK construction industry faces a continuing shortage of qualified quantity surveyors, as demand grows for professionals who can control costs, manage contracts, and ensure value for money on increasingly complex projects.
The new Pearson HNC Quantity Surveying (HTQ) at the University campus Oldham is an industry-recognised Higher Technical Qualification, designed with employers to address the growing demand for cost and commercial management skills in construction. It combines technical knowledge with practical, real-world application, preparing students to manage budgets, contracts, and value across projects.
The programme offers direct progression to employment, higher apprenticeships, and/or further study at Level 5 – HND or Level6 – Degree.
Students should choose it to gain career-focused training that builds confidence, enhances employability, and opens pathways to professional recognition in one of the UK’s most vital built environment roles.
Construction Design Project
Topics included in this unit are: project phases; construction drawing; detailing; Computer Aided Design (CAD); Building Information Modelling (BIM); schedules; specifications; bills of quantities; information collaboration. On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to analyse scenarios, make decisions and produce drawings and specifications to achieve appropriate, creative and innovative home design proposals.
The Construction Environment
In this unit, students will explore the make-up and the impact of the construction industry on the environment and society. By exploring the roles and relationships of individuals and organisations in the construction sector, students will gain an overview of the organisational and the personal ways in which the sector works to continue to improve the built environment and limit its impact on the environment, while maintaining economic sustainability and growth.
Tender and Procurement
Topics included in this unit are: tendering constraints and information; the documentation needed to send out a tender; the factors that affect procurement; the procurement methods that can be used to select a contractor. On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to prepare tender documents for a client’s project, at the design stage, using a suitable procurement method. Students will also have the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to progress to a higher level of study.
Digital Applications for BIM
While BIM is, effectively, a process of information management through a project lifecycle, it is most often based on the use of digital applications to generate project data. In this, the model is central in the process of designing and producing information that will facilitate construction and, later, the operation of the built asset. In this unit, students will explore the key processes in using digital applications to produce data and construction information that will enable the BIM process. Through completion of this unit, students may have the opportunity to achieve vendor certification in industry-standard Building Information Modelling systems.
Measurement and Estimating
Topics included in this unit are: estimating techniques; standard methods of measurement; taking-off dimensions; preparation of bills of quantities; estimating data collection; the assembly of an estimate for a work package. On successful completion of this unit, students will be in a position to take-off quantities from drawn information and to prepare estimates for work packages. Students will have the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to progress to a higher level of study.
Construction Economics and Sustainability
Students will gain insight into the ways that political, social and economic factors influence construction. Through this, they will consider the relationship between these factors and how they are reflected in a project and in the broader economy. To integrate this knowledge, students will examine projects to evaluate the way that construction economics, combined with societal and political factors, may influence construction costs and procurement route.
Quantity Surveying Practice
The quantity surveyor plays an important role in the design and construction team. They are involved initially in the client’s feasibility studies when a project requires to be budgeted so that the client is aware of the cost of a project. A design is then produced, based on the feasibility study, and the quantity surveyor supports the tendering and procurement of a main contractor to undertake the work. This may be via the use of a bill of quantities produced by the quantity surveyor or through a specification for the project.
Law and Legal Frameworks in Quantity Surveying
Throughout the course of a project, a quantity surveyor will be called on to undertake different types of work in support of the specific stage of the project and the overall project goals. This will range from contract preparation and tendering, to cost management and, in some cases, mediation of disputes. In this unit, students will become familiar with the key legal frameworks and processes that inform and govern the activities of quantity surveying.
Reports and Presentations
The course is designed for people who are seeking or are already in employment in the construction industry. Students will be supported to use their experiences in the workplace to inform discussions and learning and will also have the opportunity to directly apply their learning from the course to their work, adding immediate value to their employer.
Graduates often progress into roles such as Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Assistant, Cost Estimator, Contracts Administrator,
Procurement Officer, Project Coordinator, etc.
Many also choose to continue to postgraduate study in the areas of Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management, Construction Project Management, Contract Law and Construction Law, Cost Engineering and Value Management, Real Estate and Property Development, Sustainable Construction and Built Environment
Students who have recently been in education are likely to need:
a BTEC Level 3 qualification in Construction, or
a related Level 3 qualification, or
an Access to Higher Education Diploma from an approved further education institution, or
a GCE Advanced Level profile that demonstrates strong performance in a relevant subject or adequate performance in more than one GCE subject, or
an international equivalent to the above qualifications.
It is strongly recommended that this profile is supported by GCSE grades at A*/9 to C/4 in subjects such as maths and English.
Mature students with extensive construction industry experience (paid and/or unpaid) and/or achievement of a range of professional qualifications in their work sector will be considered. Applicants may be invited to an interview to discuss their qualifications and experience.