Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits60
- Guided learning360 hours
- Units in this qualification26
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Building Regulations and Control in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the origins and purpose of building control
- Apply and enforce Building Regulations
- Understand the procedures and documentation involved with Building Regulation approval
- Prepare a submission for Building Regulation approval
Building Services Control SystemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the purpose of building services control systems and the functions they perform
- Understand the principles associated with building services control systems
- Know the operational characteristics of control components and devices
- Develop appropriate control strategies, schemes and schematic drawings for building services systems
Building Services ScienceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature of energy in solids, liquids and gases, and the fundamental principles of heat transfer in building services applications
- Understand the principles of electricity and combustion as they apply to the provision of electrical power, natural gas and other fossil fuel energy systems
- Understand the thermodynamic properties of solids, liquids and gases as they apply to changes of state in heating, air conditioning and refrigeration installations
- Understand the principles of psychrometry as they apply to air conditioning systems
Building Surveying in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the role of the building surveyor and the route to professional status
- Know the equipment, techniques and procedures involved in surveying buildings
- Carry out building surveys
- Produce survey reports and schedules of maintenance and repair
Building Technology in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand common forms of low-rise construction currently used for domestic and commercial buildings
- Understand foundation design and construction
- Understand the techniques used in the construction of superstructures for low-rise domestic and commercial buildings
- Understand the implications of issues and constraints on building construction
Computer-Aided Drafting and Design for ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the advantages of using CADD in comparison with other methods of producing drawings
- Know about the software and hardware required to produce CADD drawings
- Use CADD software to produce 2D construction drawings and details
- Use CADD software to produce 3D construction virtual models
Construction Technology and Design in Construction and Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the factors that influence the design process
- Communicate ideas between various members of the design and production teams
- Know about construction methods
- Translate construction details into written and graphical instructions
Construction in Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know about fundamental techniques, processes and materials used in the construction of civil engineering works
- Know the factors that constrain civil engineering works
- Select plant, materials and methods for civil engineering projects
- Understand civil engineering infrastructure projects.
Conversion and Adaptation of BuildingsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the reasons for redefining the use of a building.
- Know the processes involved in the conversion and adaptation of buildings.
- Evaluate conversion and adaptation of an existing building.
- Design for the conversion and adaptation of an existing building.
Geographical Information Systems in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the various types of processes and applications of spatial data
- Understand how to interpret statistical data for use in map and computer applications
- Process spatial data and images
- Present spatial data in a graphical form
Health, Safety and Welfare in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the responsibilities of employers and employees under current health, safety and welfare legislation
- Undertake risk assessments using appropriate principles and formats
- Understand the control measures used to reduce risk and meet legal requirements
- Know their own role in accident recording and reporting procedures.
Mathematics in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use basic underpinning mathematical techniques and methods to manipulate and/or solve formulae, equations and algebraic expressions
- Select and apply mathematical techniques correctly to solve practical construction problems involving perimetres, areas and volumes
- Select and apply geometric and trigonometric techniques correctly to solve practical construction problems
- Select and apply graphical and statistical techniques correctly to solve practical construction problems.
Measurement Techniques in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply standard measurement techniques
- Know about the standard methods of measurement
- Undertake measurement tasks, applying mathematical calculations to the measurement process
- Produce quantity abstracts and bills of quantities pages of measured works using manual techniques
Measuring, Estimating and Tendering Processes in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce final quantities from dimensions and descriptions of construction work
- Understand the purpose of estimating and the common techniques used to price construction work
- Calculate all-in rates of materials, labour and plant
- Derive approximate quantities and costs to determine the approximate value of building projects
- Understand the process of tendering
Mechanical and Electrical Services in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and practices associated with the provision of hot and cold water systems to buildings
- Understand the principles and practices associated with the provision of above and below ground drainage systems to buildings
- Understand the principles and practices associated with the provision of simple single-phase electrical systems to buildings
- Understand the principles and practices associated with the provision of gas supplies to buildings
Project Management in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in a construction process at each stage
- Know how the parties involved in a construction process interact with each other at each stage
- Understand the resources required to complete a construction project, including labour, materials, and equipment
- Understand the functions of management in the production stage of a construction project, such as planning, organising, and controlling
- Develop documentation for construction teams, including plans, schedules, and reports
Property Law in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the development of land law and the current system of land ownership
- Understand the rights of freeholders and their interests in landed property
- Know the functions of Her Majesty’s Land Registry (HMLR) and local authorities in property ownership
- Understand the system of conveyancing of property in England and Wales
- Understand the legal positions oflandlords, tenants andneighbours
Property Valuation in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the economics of the property market and the factors that affect the value of property
- Know the reasons for valuing property and the methods used to perform such valuations
- Produce valuations.
- Understand how to obtain a mortgage and determine the associated mortgage payments
Science and Materials in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the basic factors that affect human comfort
- Understand how forces act on structures
- Know the performance criteria applicable to construction materials and the techniques used to produce such materials
- Understand construction materials and the techniques used to prevent their deterioration
Setting out Processes in Construction and Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish grids of levels over a site and use them to establish contours and carry out volume calculations
- Set out construction work in a plan to appropriate accuracies
- Control the level and gradient of construction works
- Understand the uses and advantages of emerging technology in setting out.
Spatial Data Techniques in Construction and Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the mapping of land using spatial techniques.
- Collect and process data.
- Understand the techniques used to analyse existing map series.
- Draft effective maps and design layouts.
Surveying Technology in Construction and Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the principles of optics and electromagnetic waves are applied in surveying
- Understand the sources of systematic errors arising from the use of surveying equipment
- Use procedures for making survey measurements
Surveying in Construction and Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Perform linear surveys to produce drawings
- Perform levelling surveys to produce drawings
- Measure angles and produce results from calculations
- Perform the setting out of small buildings.
Sustainable ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the important features of the natural environment that need to be protected
- Understand how the activities of the construction and built environment sector impact on the natural environment
- Understand how the natural environment can be protected against the activities of the construction and built environment sector
- Understand sustainable construction techniques that are fit for purpose
Tendering and Estimating in ConstructionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Know the basic information needed to produce a tender
- Understand how to use different types of tender documentation
- Calculate unit rates for an element or trade section of a bill of quantities
- Produce a tender for a specific construction trade or element
Topographic Surveying in Construction and Civil EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out control surveys to establish the levels of points
- Carry out control surveys to determine coordinates of stations
- Carry out surveying of land and buildings
- Know about emerging technologies in control and topographic surveys.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment (QCF)
26 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Building Regulations and Control in Construction
- Building Services Control Systems
- Building Services Science
- Building Surveying in Construction
- Building Technology in Construction
- Computer-Aided Drafting and Design for Construction
and 20 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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