Are you looking for a national recognised qualification? Are you ready to improve your career prospects and looking for a career in quantity surveying or estimating? If so, a Higher National Certificate in Quantity Surveying will help you get there.
This course at UCDon will give you practical experience with cost management by mastering the skills of measurement and estimating that are essential for the quantity surveyor and estimator. All teaching staff having extensive industrial experience, are highly qualified and enthusiastic professionals.
Upon completion of your HNC in Quantity Surveying you will have developed a sound understanding of quantity surveying techniques along with other disciplines ensuring you will be ready to take the next step forward into cost management and control of construction projects or take further qualifications to better your knowledge and understanding of the industry.
Key Information
Course Level
Level 4
Delivery
Full-Time
Duration
1 Year
Awarding Body
Pearson
This course includes the following core modules that all students complete:
- Construction Design Project (Pearson-set)
- The Construction Environment
- Digital Applications for Construction Information
- Measurement & Estimating
- Tender & Procurement
- Construction Economics & Sustainability
- Quantity Surveying Practice
- Law & Legal Frameworks in Quantity Surveying
Further details about this course are available in the course specification at:
BTEC Higher Nationals in Quantity Surveying for England: Specification (pearson.com)
The primary way of delivering this course is on campus
On campus teaching includes a combination of lectures, small group seminars, workshops, guest lectures, field trips and one to one discussion with your tutor. Online opportunities for learning may also be utilised.
The academic year is 30 weeks in duration with students expected to attend two days a week on a full-time programme and one day a week on a part time programme.
Further students will receive 14 hours of teaching per week when attending on a full-time course and 7 hours part time. Additional one-to-one meetings with tutors will provide further support.
Applicants would normally be expected to have a minimum of 32 UCAS Tariff points. A BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma, Subsidiary Diploma, Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship or one A level, in a relevant subject (maths, science, geography). Alternative qualifications and relevant experience may also be considered.
We also encourage applications from mature students, and we are committed to creating educational opportunities for people from a variety of backgrounds and situations.
This course is particularly relevant to people already working in or looking to develop a career within it. Further the course provides a range of skills relevant across a variety of different professions. People who have completed this course have gone on to work in areas of construction cost management including:
- Quantity Surveyor
- Procurement Manager
- Estimator
If you wish to continue studying beyond this course, it will provide you with a strong academic basis to do so. Course progression routes may include The HNC course is designed to provide progression onto a BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) top-up or a higher apprenticeship top-up. This will also then offer a route to study a top-up degree in quantity surveying or a related discipline as well as progression to professional body membership.
Financial Support
UK students can take out a tuition fee loan to cover the cost of their course and a maintenance loan to cover living costs.
We also have a range of other financial support available.
Course Fees
UK
£6000.00
Additional Costs
Your Tuition fees cover most costs associated with your course (including registration, tuition and assessment)
There may be some extra costs that you might need to make, or choose to pay, for example:
- Books (you’ll have access to books from your module reading lists in the HE library, but you may want to buy your own copies)
- Printing and photocopying
- Trips and enhancement opportunities
Enquire about this course
To find out more and apply for this course, please contact us via the telephone number below.
Information for EU Students
From January 2021, how you apply for a course will change. For more information, read the UK Government's guide for the UK points-based immigration system for EU students (pdf).
Visit our International pages for more information and contact details