BTEC National Diploma Level 3 in Civil Engineering

Core Units Studied:
 
Health, Safety & Welfare in Construction and the Built Environment
The unit will provide learners with knowledge and understanding of the legal framework relating to employer and employee responsibilities. Learners will become familiar with the roles and responsibilities of personnel and with the procedures required following the occurrence of accidents.
Sustainable Construction
The unit provides a fundamental understanding of the ways in which the activities of the construction sector impact upon the natural environment.
Mathematics in Construction and the Built Environment
The unit explores the rules for manipulation of formulae and equations, calculation of lengths, areas and volumes, determination of trigonometric and geometric properties, and the application of graphical and statistical techniques.
Science & Materials in Construction and the Built Environment
Learners will have the opportunity to investigate some of the typical materials used in their specific vocational pathway, including the identification of the most important materials, a basic understanding of how these are extracted, harvested or manufactured, their key properties and uses, the mechanisms that cause them to deteriorate and the techniques used to prevent such deterioration.
Other Units
Construction Technology & Design in Construction and Civil Engineering
This unit will enable learners to cope with the requirements of construction related projects as they pass through various stages from design to construction including the implications of changes and variations in the design.
Construction in Civil Engineering
Infrastructure projects such as new roads, railways, airports and water projects all require the skills of the civil engineer. This unit offers learners the opportunity to understand the role of those responsible for these projects, and how they are developed and achieved.
Graphical Detailing in Construction and the Built Environment
Learners will come to appreciate, the layout of drawings, the choice of scale and proportion, the types of views used, the use of correct line widths, conventional graphic symbols and the appropriate use of annotation.
Surveying in Construction and Civil Engineering
Learners will become familiar with basic surveying techniques, be able to carry out simple surveying tasks and to present the data, and will understand the roles of surveying and setting out in the construction process.

Setting out Processes in Construction and Civil Engineering
Learners will work with traditional methods to achieve an understanding of the essential mathematical and practical skills required for the setting out process, including the application of basic principles of techniques to ensure appropriate levels of accuracy.

Structural Mechanics in Construction and Civil Engineering
Learners will come to understand the forces which are created in the building framework and the structural elements, and be able to safely design simple structural units.

Computer – Aided Drafting and Design for Construction
Learners will be given the opportunity to gain knowledge of how CADD is used to produce drawings, including the software and hardware components, and skills in using CADD software to produce 2D drawings and 3D models.

Further Mathematics in Construction and the Built Environment
This unit provides learners with an opportunity to study some relevant aspects of ‘pure’ mathematics and to explore how complex practical problems can be solved. Learners will be able to solve applied mathematical problems involving statistical data, structural properties for beams and columns, complex linear/angular/area and volume measurements, trigonometrical identities, rates of change and decay, differentiation of maxima and minima, numerical integration, complex areas or volumes by definite integration and indefinite integration.