Quantity Surveying (HTQ) Top-up HND

Key Information:

Start date: September 2024

Institutional code: O10

UCAS Code: JM84

Duration: 2 years Part Time 1 year Full Time

Course type: Full and Part Time

Fees per year 2024/25 entry: Full-time £5,995; Part-time £2,998

Fees per year 2025/26 entry: Full-time £6500; Part-time £3250

Additional costs per year: None

 

Entry Requirements

A typical profile for a student who has recently been in education would consist of:

Mature students may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience (paid and/or unpaid) and/or achievement of a range of professional qualifications in their work sector.

Applicants may be invited to an interview to discuss their qualifications and experience.

Award

HND Quantity Surveying for England (HTQ)

Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQ)

Some of our courses have been accredited by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education as HTQs. This means that the qualification has been developed in collaboration with employers and businesses, so that our students get the specific training, knowledge and skills required for their chosen career.

Our HND in Quantity Surveying is designed to reflect the increasing need for high-quality professional and technical education in this sector. Students will build on the Level 4 core knowledge, skills and techniques that all Quantity Surveyors need in the construction industry, develop a sound understanding of the principles in their field of study and will have learned to apply those principles more widely.

By the end of Level 5, students will have a sound understanding of the principles in their area of specialist study and will know how to apply those principles more widely in the business world.

 

Course content year 1 - modules
  • Group Project
  • Personal Professional Development
  • Value Engineering & Cost Control
  • Advanced Quantities for Complex Building Projects
  • Advanced Quantity Surveying Practice
  • Surveying for Conservation, Renovation & Refurbishment
  • Contracts and Management
  • Advanced Materials
Placements and work experience

Field trips and study visits will form part of your learning. Trips may include site visits to live projects.

What careers can the course lead to?

On successful completion of the HND Quantity Surveying, students can develop their careers in the quantity surveying sector through:

  • entering employment
  • continuing existing employment
  • linking with the appropriate professional body
  • Or progressing onto an appropriate top-up degree

Typical jobs in the sector, having achieved the HND are:

  • Surveying Technician
  • Quantity Surveying Technician
  • Associate Civil Engineering Surveyor
  • Building Surveying Technician
  • Contractor’s Quantity Surveyor
  • Senior Construction Quantity Surveying Technician
Teaching and assessment methods
  • Lectures and Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Tutorials
  • Virtual Learning using Its Learning
  • Field Trips

Assessments may include practical tests, portfolios of evidence, written assignments and presentations.

Facilities particular to the course

In 2021, a £9m Construction Centre – was completed to enhance the design and delivery of our comprehensive suit of construction courses from L2 to L5.