The purpose of EUTC Higher Nationals in Construction and The Built Environment is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals able to meet the demands of employers in the construction and the built environment sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.
The objectives of the EUTC Higher Nationals in Construction and The Built
Environment are as follows:
- To equip students with construction and the built environment skills, knowledge and the understanding necessary to achieve high performance in the global construction and the built environment
- To provide education and training for a range of careers in construction and the built environment, including civil engineering, building services engineering, quantity surveying, construction management, and architectural
- To provide students with an understanding of the way technologies are transforming the industries of construction and the built environment, and prepare them to work with these
- To provide insight and understanding into diversity of roles with construction and the built environment, recognising the importance of collaboration at all
- To equip students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and
- To provide opportunities for students to enter or progress in employment in construction and the built environment, or progress to higher education qualifications; such as an Honours degree in Construction and The Built Environment or a related
- To provide opportunities for students to develop the skills, techniques and personal attributes essential for successful working
- To support students to understand the local, regional and global context of construction and the built environment and, for those students with a global outlook, to aspire to international career
- To provide students with opportunities to address contemporary issues facing the industry, and society at large; with particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment, recognising the role that construction and the built environment plays in addressing these
- To provide opportunities for students to achieve a nationally-recognised professional qualification within their chosen area of
- To provide opportunities for students to achieve vendor accredited
- To offer students the chance of career progression in their chosen field, with particular emphasis on achieving management-level positions, professional recognition and
- To allow flexibility of study and to meet local or specialist
- To offer a balance between employability skills and the knowledge essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic
- To provide students with opportunities to engage in an industry-recognised apprenticeship scheme that aligns with their employer’s needs and their own career
- To provide students with the context in which to consider professional ethics and their relation to personal, professional and statutory responsibilities within the
- Providing a thorough grounding in construction and the built environment principles at Level 4, within general areas of specialism, that lead the student to a range of specialist progression pathways at Level 5 relating to individual professions within the construction and the built environment
- Enabling progression to a university degree by supporting the development of appropriate academic study skills and personal development
- Enabling progression to further professional qualifications in specific construction and the built environment areas by mapping to units in a range of vendor accredited
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