Construction Management Practice - HNC

Southampton, Solent University

This Higher National Certificate course supports you to develop the knowledge and skills required to start a career in the construction industry at supervisory level. And to help make it easy to fit around your current employment, the course is delivered on a part-time basis. Problem solving skills, professional communication, and use of industry standard equipment and software are embedded throughout, ensuring you are well prepared for your future career upon graduation. You'll also study a range of exciting modules, including Technology of Buildings and Innovating the Construction Project. To encourage inter-disciplinary working, you'll frequently work alongside students studying on our other construction-related programmes, including apprentices and those on our quantity surveying courses. This will help enhance your understanding of industry and offers excellent peer-to-peer learning opportunities to broaden your knowledge. You’ll have access to Solent’s state-of-the-art construction materials laboratories. These modern spaces have recently been refurbished as part of a £7m investment into our facilities and have been developed to give students access to an environment which mirrors the feel and atmosphere of a professional studio. This enables students from various built environment courses to collaborate on multidisciplinary projects, just as they would in the workplace. To enable you to put what you learn into context, the course has close links with the industry and has been designed with input from companies including Mace, Wilmott Dixon, and Ramboll to ensure the course content is relevant and up-to-date, meaning you'll graduate with the relevant skills sought after by the industry. Students have also had the opportunity to work on live project briefs and visit a number of active sites to interact with the construction project team. Solent University is an experienced and well established provider of built environment programmes, with an excellent reputation for providing high quality graduates. Our teaching team combine broad industry experience with academic expertise, so you can be confident you're are being taught by experts in their field. Throughout this programme, we'll help you develop your technical and managerial expertise, with sustainability and ethical practice at the heart of what we offer.