Quantity Surveying

The Higher National Certificate in Quantity Surveying with HTQ status is for anyone looking to develop their understanding of their specialist technical knowledge in Quantity Surveying, enhance their understanding of construction practice, management, estimating and costing. The qualification will lead to the award 'BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Quantity Surveying giving students the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to achieve high performance in the national and international construction environment. The course is an ideal stepping stone for those for those with ambitions of working within Surveying in a professional, managerial or technical capacity.

What are Higher Technical Qualifications: These qualifications have been developed by awarding bodies, who have worked with employers and businesses to make sure that students get the specific training, knowledge, and skills they need for their chosen career.

To gain the Quantity Surveying for England HTQ Level 4 HNC EDEXCEL qualification you must achieve a minimum of 120 mandatory credits of which 105 are mandatory core units consisting of

Construction Design Project
Construction Environment
Measurement and Estimating
Tender and Procurement
Construction Economics and Sustainability
Quantity Surveying Practice
Law & Legal Frameworks in Quantity Surveying

The remainder credits are achieved through optional modules of either Digital Applications for Construction Information or Digital Applications for Building Information Modelling.

All modules are assessed by assignments; each unit's assessment is matched to the content of the unit. Each unit can be assessed at Pass, Merit or Distinction levels, which are combined at the end of the qualification to give an overall grade of Pass, Merit or Distinction for the qualification.