Advanced Diploma in Quantity Surveying

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Why choose this course?

• The Company will benefit from an enhancement of skills within the organisation.
• Students will acquire traditional Quantity Surveyor (QS) skills - and enable them to become assistant Quantity Surveyors.
• Develop students' personal transferable qualities such as communication, analysis and applied IT skills within a quantity surveying environment.

There are two modules to complete:

1) Operational Methods for Quantity Surveyors:
Upon successful completion of this module the employee will be able to:
Apply a range of methods conceptualising how a variety of construction techniques are used.
Critically evaluate the importance of service elements in modern buildings.
Demonstrate an ability to assimilate health and safety construction site issues.
Demonstrate informed knowledge in the absence of complete data from contractual documents.

2) Contractual procedures for Quantity Surveyors:
Upon successful completion of this module the employee will be able to:
Formulate and develop appropriate strategy for measuring and ascertaining quantities from contract documents including the calculation of unit rates.

• Process Valuations, day-work recording and loss and expense claims.
• Investigate and evaluate methods of settling construction disputes.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of procurement systems and project management.
• Demonstrate an ability to assimilate health and safety construction site issues procedures.

About the course

This course has been developed to meet your specific company requirements in surveying. You will need at least four delegates for it to run effectively. The course workshops are then built and timed around your company timetable.

• Students can learn whilst working.
• The course is tailored to ensure that it is relevant directly to your workplace and business needs.
• A flexible approach is agreed to suite the Company and employee / student.
• A tailored programme of delivery which could include an e-learning content.
• Students be supported by our dedicated operational team at University of Derby Corporate.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

How you'll learn

The training module will be tailored to suit the company needs but as a guide the training will be delivered through lectures, tutorials and case studies.
Lectures - 26 hours
Tutorials - 54 hours
Direct study - 70 hours
Total 150 hours - Level 6 - 60 Credits