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Level 1
Construction Skills – Level 1 Extended Certificate (Brickwork, Carpentry & Joinery, Electrical and Plumbing)
COURSE OVERVIEW
The construction skills course is our most popular course within the construction department and is our go-to level one course for learners who want to learn about construction. It introduces you to the sector and the different trade or building service roles that exist.
You may want to taste several different areas to develop a broad range of skills and find what area you are most interested in pursuing. Our multi-skills route (apply button 1) will see you taste brickwork, carpentry & joinery, plumbing and electrical.
Alternatively, you may already have an idea on what you want to focus on. If so, you can pursue a narrower focus and study the construction skills essentials alongside a particular trade, whether that is brickwork, carpentry & joinery, plumbing or electrical. Please select the relevant apply buttons from 2 – 5
You will also complete some project work, which will help you to develop your interpersonal and communication skills. This will allow you to combine your vocational and theory skills to extend your learning and prepare you for your second year at College when you take on a more advanced course.
If you are joining this course without your GCSE English or Maths at grades 4, you will also be timetabled to attend lessons for Maths and/or English. Achieving your GCSEs in these two subjects is critical to help you with your progression.
Qualification body and programme
The structure of our programmes follows clear educational aims that are expected from the awarding bodies. These are all outlined in the programme specifications which include further details such as the learning outcomes.
You can find out more by visiting the City & Guilds website – https://www.cityandguilds.com/qualifications-and-apprenticeships/construction/construction/6219-construction-skills#
Please note that whilst we are planning to run the required modules in the following academic year, there may be changes to the curriculum in response to COVID-19 or updates from the awarding bodies.
FURTHER INFORMATION
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification. This is our entry level course designed for learners who are interested in construction and need to improve their Maths / English abilities.
A positive attitude, enthusiasm towards learning and attendance is important. Your progress will be reviewed regularly throughout the year.
Admissions enquiries
If you have any questions about the entry requirements or the application process, please contact us on admissions@chichester.ac.uk.
We are ambitious that our learners can go on and achieve advanced level construction related qualifications. Towards the end of the year each learner has progression meetings with their lecturer to identify suitable opportunities. This could include:
T Level Transition Year in Construction – If you achieve a grade 3 in Maths / English GCSE, you will proceed onto our in-house one-year T Level Transition Course. This level two course will help prepare you for the T Level in the subsequent year and will give you the chance to work on your Maths / English so that you can achieve at least a grade 4.
T Level in Construction – You could proceed onto the T Level if you achieve a grade 4 in Maths / English GCSE, excel in the construction skills course and have several GCSEs already. This level three qualification is a two-year course at an advanced level. It includes industrial placements that are organised by the College’s T Level team.
Alternative options
Completing the construction skills course could also lead to entry level employment in the maintenance sector or a construction trade. You may find an apprenticeship and return to College on an apprenticeship programme.
All assessments are practical based and will depend on the trade area that you are involved in. They take place throughout the year as you rotate through each trade area.
Maths and English – If you are under 19 and have not achieved GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English at grade 4 (or grade C) by the start of the course, you will be required retake these subject(s) during the year.
Course Costs
You will be required to wear appropriate clothing and safety on-site boots with steel-toe cap protection when you are in the workshop.
You will be supplied with safety glasses, gloves, a face mask and earplugs at the beginning of the course. This Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) will require a one-off payment from you at enrolment and will be valid for the entire year.
Course Fees
If you are a home student and are under 19 at the beginning of your course, you do not have to pay tuition or exam fees for the majority of courses. If you are 19 or over when you start your course, you will have to contribute to your course fees in line with government guidelines.
For further information about course fees, please visit: https://www.chichester.ac.uk/college-life/financial-support/course-fee-information.
Financial Support
We understand that financial matters are an important consideration for our students and that everyone’;s circumstances are different. Please visit our financial support page for further information on what support is available: https://www.chichester.ac.uk/college-life/financial-support
If you have any questions regarding student finance, please email studentfinance@chigroup.ac.uk and one of our team will be in touch to help.
We will make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, we may need to make changes in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The course is timetabled to require attendance over 2 days a week.
The course will include elements of ‘remote-learning’;. We use MS Teams and CCG Online Moodle for online learning.
Your learning consists of 90% practical workshop training and 10% classroom-based theory.
Practical training will be hands on work in the workshop using all the relevant tools and equipment following demonstrations and becoming proficient with tools of the trade.
All workshop lessons require the highest standard of behaviour and the use of personal protection equipment. Classes are also dedicated to teaching you about the important topic of health and safety.