Entry Requirements:

• Learners must be above the age of 16 at the start of the programme.
• Learners must demonstrate sufficient literacy and numeracy skills. This can be by providing evidence of having achieved a minimum of 12 credits in Maths and a minimum of 12 Literacy credits at NCEA Level 1. Learners can enrol if they can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills or have suitable industry experience deemed appropriate by the Academic Manager or Principal.
• International students must provide evidence of having achieved a minimum overall IELTS (academic) score of 6.0, with no band score less than 5.5, or meet other acceptable evidence of English language requirements for international students.
• Learners will be interviewed prior to enrolment to ensure their suitability and preparedness to take the programme.
• If you as a learner is 20 years old or over and do not hold the minimum entry requirements, you will be eligible to be enrolled where your past work or life experience show that you have a reasonable chance of completing the programme. You will be interviewed by the Academic Manager or Principal for that purpose.

Outcomes

On successfully completing the programme, learners will be able to:

• Engage and involve stakeholders particularly contractors within the project progress in accordance with contractual obligations and industry best practice.
• Apply relevant New Zealand legislative frameworks to building and construction work.
• Evaluate and select materials and finishes for building projects taking into consideration sustainability and the impact on the built environment.
• Select materials and finishes for a construction project taking into considerations aesthetic appeal and initial and ongoing costs, life cycle assessment considerations (such as material performance, availability and impact on the environment) and the ability to reuse, recycle or dispose of the material at the end of its life.
• Establish the foundations and substructure; the passive fire protection systems; the structure for a specific design, the envelope, and the interior for medium and large buildings.
• Prepare and administer construction contracts including preparing and evaluating tender submissions, valuing building works up to and including final account statements.
• Communicate with different stakeholders during a construction project in accordance with contractual obligations and industry best practice.

Graduate of the Construction Management strand will also be able to:

• Evaluate construction site logistics plans and manage site logistics by developing site layout taking into account site safety, accommodation, access and movement, lifting equipment and vehicular management.
• Coordinate provision of site services for short and long duration construction projects.
• Develop and communicate technical sketches for a construction project.
• Manage construction project, contract types and project delivery methods by applying appropriate leadership principles and principles of health and safety in the construction industry.

Graduate of the Quantity Surveying strand will also be able to:

• Estimate and control cost and cash flow for a construction project.
• Assemble quantity surveying documentation relevant to specific trade sections and prepare a schedule of quantities for building construction projects.
• Organize all priced components into a tender submission for small, medium and large buildings using tender process.

On completing this programme, graduates will be awarded the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Level 6) with strands in Construction Management, and Quantity Surveying [Ref: 2420]. Construction Management or Quantity Surveying.