Architectural Technology (HTQ)

If you're thinking about starting a career in construction, returning to education or want to develop your current career in the built environment sector, then our HNC in Architectural Technology course is ideal for you.

Higher National Qualifications in Architectural Technology for England include enhanced work-related curriculum that is designed to address an increasing need for high quality professional and technical education pathways, which equips you with the right skills and competencies for the workplace or progression to further higher education study.

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 HNC (Higher National Certificate) in Architectural Technology 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 modeling
UNIT 14: Principles of Refurbishment
UNIT 26: Digital Applications for Building Information Modelling
Some units are subject to change depending on industry requirements.

Each module is formally assessed through, for example:

individual design projects
essays
presentations
peer assessment
open-book assignments
portfolio building and professional reports.
This formal assessment will count towards your module mark and summative feedback is provided following the submission of your formal submission of work.

Additionally, lecturers will provide informal (formative) interim feedback.

It should be noted that feedback is part of the ongoing learning cycle which is not limited to written feedback.

Other forms of feedback include one-to-one meetings with a tutor, peer-review, a lecturer responding to learner questions or responses during topic or situation discussions.

You will achieve a Pearson BTEC Higher National Certificate in Architectural Technology for England (Construction Design and Build Technician) HTQ Level 4.