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What Is a Civil Engineering Senior Technician?
The Civil Engineering Senior Technician apprenticeship provides both academic development and the vocational work-based knowledge and skills to be successful in a dynamic construction environment supporting the business needs of the company.
Benefits for the Employer
Build Technical Confidence into Your Team – Invest in a Civil Engineering Senior Technician Apprentice
Support the business needs by providing, coordinate, manage and provide the technical planning, design, building, management, maintenance or dismantling of the built environment.
Benefits for the Apprentice
Shape the Future of Infrastructure – Start Your Career as a Civil Engineering Senior Technician
The apprenticeship offers both an academic qualification HNC Civil Engineer alongside the vocational work-based learning with your employer. The HNC units selected support underpinning knowledge and align with the knowledge, skills and behaviour’s set within the end-point assessment.
Completion of the apprenticeship aligns with the professional bodies listed below, supporting CPD opportunities.
- Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
- Chartered Institution of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
- Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT)
- Institute of Higher Engineers (IHE)
- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- Institution of Structural Engineers (iStructE)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Learning Approach
Attendance on day release to study Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Civil Engineering.
Production of a work-based portfolio of evidence
End-point assessment activities within college and workplace.
Study Commitment
As a guide, apprentices should expect to study for an additional 12 hours per week on top of their scheduled learning. Employers are expected to support their apprentice’s study by providing a workplace mentor and supporting meetings and assessments.
Qualification Awarded
Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Civil Engineering for England
Next Steps
Contact EmployerTraining@DNColleges.ac.uk
Location
University Campus North Lincolnshire (UCNL)
Key Information
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Course Level
Level 4
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Delivery
Part-Time
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Duration
Typically, 36 months, studying HNC Civil Engineering alongside preparation for end-point assessment.
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Awarding Body
Pearson
Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Civil Engineering.
Unit structure:
Unit 4001CE- Construction Design Project Civil Engineering (Pearson-set)
Unit 3- Science & Materials
Unit 4- The Construction Environment
Unit 6- Digital Applications for Construction Information
Unit 7- Surveying, Measuring & Setting out
Unit 8- Mathematics for Construction
Unit 17- Civil Engineering Technology
Unit 19- Principles of Structural Design
EPA:
There are 2 elements to the assessment and will take place over a typical period of 4 months once the apprentice as gone through gateway. The 3 elements are:
- Assessment 1: Technical project report and presentation with questioning
- Assessment 2: Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence
EPA:
There are 2 elements to the assessment and will take place over a typical period of 4 months once the apprentice as gone through gateway. The 3 elements are:
- Assessment 1: Technical project report and presentation with questioning
- Assessment 2: Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence
Applicants must be in full-time employment and:
- Be 18 or older
- Have the right of abode and right to work in the UK to qualify for funding
- Meet course entry requirements
In order to optimise success candidates will typically have 5 GCSE’s at Grade C ( Grade 4/5 in the new numerical GCSE grading system) or above, including Mathematics, English and a Science, Technology or Engineering related subject, or 90+ credits in an Engineering BTEC at level 3.
*(As further guidance, the level of Mathematics has an advisory GCSE level of grade B (Grade 5/6 in the new numerical GCSE grading system).
A list of acceptable equivalent qualifications is available from the gov.uk website, as well as guidance on obtaining replacement certificates. It will not be possible for applicants to proceed with their application unless they are able to provide evidence of achievement or proof that they have applied for replacement certificates.
All applications are individually assessed.
Successful completion of the apprentice can lead to progression onto Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering, alternatively L6 degree apprenticeship.
Financial Support
UK students may be eligible for support via loans and grants.
Course Fees
UK
Any fees for a 19+ learner, where the company is a non-Apprenticeship Levy payer will be paid by the company.
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