If you’re thinking about starting a career in construction, or want to develop your current career in architectural technology, then this HTQ course is ideal for you.

Our Higher Technical Qualifications or HTQs are co-designed with employers to meet the evolving demands of needed to succeed in industry. So, you not only get the knowledge you need to apply, or progress, but also the practical expertise employers want in only 12 months.

The course aims to:

• Give you the skills, knowledge and understanding you need to achieve high performance in the international construction environment.
• Develop you to have the abilities and confidence to work across different business functions and to lead, manage, respond to change, and tackle a range of complex construction situations.
• Provide the core skills required for a range of careers in construction, specifically those related to management and operations.
• Offer a balance between employability skills and essential knowledge.
• Develop your understanding of the major impact that new digital technologies have on the construction environment.
• Provide insight into international business operations and the opportunities and challenges presented by a global marketplace.
• Equip you with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values, and to allow flexible study to meet local and specialist needs.

The course is an introductory higher education qualification and offers a broad base of traditional construction subjects with specialist options.

Modules include:

• UNIT 1: Construction Design Project
• UNIT 2: Construction Technology
• UNIT 4: The Construction Environment
• UNIT 5: Legal and statutory Requirements in Construction
• UNIT 6: Digital Applications for Construction Information
• UNIT 13: Building Information Modelling
• UNIT 14: Principles of Refurbishment
• UNIT 26: Digital Applications for Building Information Modelling

Some units are subject to change depending on industry requirements.