Modern Construction and Renewables (Level 4 Higher National Certificate/ Level 5 higher National Diploma)

Course Overview

This is a part-time course timetabled one day per week. The Higher National Certificate qualification is completed after 2 years with the Higher National Diploma qualification being fully completed after year 3. The HND qualification requires learners to undertake one additional unit in years 1 & 2 over and above the HNC units. Construction and the Built Environment is a priority skills area and there are many opportunities for those qualified in this area to progress into employment as designers, engineers, contractors or as consultants. The BTEC Higher Nationals in Construction qualifications have been updated for 2023 to link more directly to sector career pathways.The course will allow you the opportunity to find your specialism/ pathway in the areas of Construction Management, Architectural Technology, Modern Methods of Construction, Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering. Successful completion of the HNC and HND course will allow students to progress to another higher education qualification such as a university degree in a construction, renewable technologies or a built environment related area. Students can also choose to study the Tender and Procurement unit as part of the HND qualification which will allow direct entry into year 2 of the professionally accredited BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying course at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal, formerly LYIT.