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Construction Funded Projects
Details can be found below of projects funded by the Pathfinder.
Round 1 funded projects
MSc/PgDip Construction Management: University of Salford
This project will develop a new employer-led Masters level programme
that will provide the educational component of a NVQ Level 5, which in turn
supports the attainment of a managerial/professional Construction Skills
Certification Scheme (CSCS) card. CSCS is the largest competency card scheme in
the construction industry, and is obtained through demonstrating on the job
competence, through an NVQ or related workplace qualification. The construction
industry has set a target of achieving a fully qualified workforce by 2010, and
competency cards such as CSCS enable workers to demonstrate that they can do
their job, and that they can do it safely.
The new programme at Salford University has been developed through specific
employer demand identified through the National Skills Academy for
Construction, and will involve extensive collaboration with employer partners
throughout the design, implementation and evaluation of the project.
Construction managers who undertake this programme will gain the underpinning
knowledge for NVQ level 5, which they will then be able to translate into
on-site practice. The scheme will be delivered in an online, modular basis, to
meet employers’ demands in a flexible way. Current education provision at
levels 3 and 4 provide the underpinning knowledge for the equivalent level CSCS
card, but it is thought that this programme will be the first of its kind in
the UK for Black CSCS (level 5) status.
An overview of the programme (pdf) can be accessed
here.
Full information on the programme is available through the
University of Salford’s external website.
Round 2 funded projects
Wigan & Leigh College – HNC Construction
This project will develop the Colleges’ existing part-time HNC in Construction.
The current format for the provision is evening only attendance, over a three
year period. Employers sponsoring students on this course have expressed a need
for the duration of the course to be shortened and for students to learn in a
more flexible way, particularly given the fact that many travel a significant
distance to attend college. This project, therefore, will develop several
modules on this course so they can be accessed online in a Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE). This will also result in the duration of the course being
reduced from three years, to two; and will also benefit several students
undertaking the College’s HNC in Civil Engineering, due to the fact that both
HNCs share several common modules.
The VLE for this course will be fully operational from September 2009. Further
information on the HNC Construction can be accessed on the
College’s Website.
University of Salford – Construction Site Training Simulator
This project will develop and improve the learning capacity of an
advanced Virtual Reality simulator, which will be specifically developed for
learning related to Off-Site Construction Manufacturing. The simulator will be
developed to use real-life scenarios, produced in conjunction with industry,
and will also develop an intelligent tracking system, thereby ensuring all
training will be individually tailored to each learner who utilizes the
simulator. The Virtual Reality Simulator will then be utilized in the
development of a series of CPD modules focused on Off-Site Manufacturing, and
will be used to further enhance a new MSc. Advanced Construction Open
Manufacturing. Both the CPD modules and MSc are scheduled for delivery to
commence in September 2009.
Full information on the MSc Advanced Construction Manufacturing can be
accessed here
Round 3 funded projects
Liverpool John Moores University – Foundation Degree, BEng & BSc (Hons)
Building Services
This project aims to develop two new progression routes from an existing
Foundation Degree (FD) in Building Services Engineering, which is currently
offered in collaboration with Liverpool Community College. The two new
progression routes will be a BEng (Hons) Building Services Engineering (which
will aim to achieve Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, or
CIBSE, accreditation) and a BSc (Hons) Building Services project management.
The project will also review the curriculum of the existing FD to broaden its
scope to include developing environmental technologies, and in light of revised
National Occupational Standards, established by employers in the sector.
Further information on the two Hons degrees developed as part of this project
can be accessed here:
Open University – Continuing Professional Development (CPD) modules
This project will develop two CPD two short course modules at level 6
(Honours level). The courses will enable construction sector employees to
update and improve their management of construction projects in a changing
context by undertaking one or both of the modules. The modules will be
developed in conjunction with employers, and will be delivered online with face
-to-face workshops to ensure maximum flexibility. Module 1 is entitled
‘Effective Collaboration in Construction’ and will examine the need to
integrate and collaborate effectively across firm and professional boundaries.
Module 2, ‘Practical Leadership in Construction’, is targeted at those seeking
to update and improve their leadership of construction projects in a changing
social, technological, economic, environmental and political context.
These two courses were launched in July 2009. They can be accessed at these
links:
University of Central Lancashire – Foundation Degree in Building Services
& Sustainable Engineering
This project will develop a Foundation Degree (Fd) in Building
Services & Sustainable Engineering. The programme will aim to offer
flexible and accessible progression routes to higher education in order to
address the Management & Leadership skills needs of the Building Services
Sector, particularly the skill gap between craft and first line supervisory
levels and middle management. This project will be informed by the developments
and evolving National Occupational standards in Emerging and Environmental
Technologies, and will provide a pathway to higher education for individuals
employed in craft and technician occupations who do not currently possess
current academic recognised credit. The FD is also designed to act as a bridge
to higher level qualifications such as a BEng (Hons) degree in Building
Services & Sustainable Engineering, which in turn provides students with
the academic requirements for membership of the industry’s professional body,
the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).
Round 4 funded projects
South Cheshire College – Foundation Degree Construction
This project will implement a Foundation Degree in Construction, to be
delivered at the college from September 2008, and validated by the University
of Wolverhampton. The development will include the implementation of a fully
accessible Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), enabling all students to access
relevant learning materials remotely and in their own time. The programme
development will be informed by ongoing employer engagement, and in particular
through the College’s PACT (Partnerships and Construction Training) Forum,
which comprises a number of significant local employers. The Foundation Degree
offers several articulated progression routes onto HE level 3 programmes at
Wolverhampton University, including: Construction Management, Commercial
Management and Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, Property Asset
Management and Real Estate Management. An overview of the programme can
be accessed
here.
Further information on the programme can be found at the College’s website
link.
Liverpool John Moores University – Foundation Degree Construction &
Surveying
This project will develop a foundation degree in Construction and
Surveying aimed specifically at employees of construction and property
organisations. Accredited prior experiential learning will be encouraged as the
main method of entry onto the programme, therefore developing opportunities for
employees without formalised academic qualifications to progress onto HE
programmes. The project will also seek to extend the opportunities for
progression onto Higher Education by offering the existing Foundation degree as
a collaborative programme to other local FE organisations.
This course has now been developed and validated for delivery from September
2009. The course will be delivered by Wirral Metropolitan College and
Warrington Collegiate. Further information on the courses can be accessed on
the University’s
website
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Leaflets for the courses can also be accessed here:
Wirral Metropolitan College
and
Warrington Collegiate.
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