Course details

Summary

Become a skilled and competent Construction Management technician or Quantity Surveyor in the New Zealand Diploma in Construction.

Programme overview

This programme prepares you for a senior career in the construction industry as a construction manager or quantity surveyor. As a trainee construction manager you learn to plan, organise, manage and control construction projects. As a trainee quantity surveyor you will learn to measure and estimate building work, and to carry out financial administration associated with construction projects.

Highlights

• Emphasis on real world applications using latest technologies of construction
• Qualification is nationally recognised and endorsed by professional organisations
• Good graduate employment opportunities.
• Easy transition to further programmes such as the Bachelor of Construction

Career Options

Graduates of the New Zealand Diploma in Construction with the strand in Construction Management (Level 6) will be able to work as a:

• Construction Management technician.

With further training and/or experience graduates of this Diploma may be able to work as a:

• Residential or commercial construction site/project manager
• Contracting construction manager/site/project manager
• Property manager
• Contracts supervisor/manager
• Local or central government building inspector
• Construction management tutor.

Graduates of the New Zealand Diploma in Construction with the strand in Quantity Surveying (Level 6) will be able to work as a:

• Quantity Surveyor.

With further training and/or experience graduates of this Diploma may be able to work as a:

• Senior quantity surveyor
• Registered quantity surveyor
• Estimator
• Quantity surveying consultant/contractor
• Procurement manager
• Senior/Cost manager
• Quantity surveying tutor.

Entry criteria

For this programme, you will need the following:

1. Achieved one of the below:

• A total of 60 credits at NCEA Level 2 including 12 credits in Mathematics; or
• An appropriate qualification at Level 3; or
• Be at least 20 years old by the time the programme begins AND provide evidence of aptitude or appropriate work or other life experience that would indicate a successful outcome in the programme

2. 8 credits at NCEA Level 2 in English (4 in reading, 4 in writing)

English Language requirements:

• Have achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University entrance
• NZCEL (Academic) (Level 4)
• IELTS score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5
• TOEFL (pBT) Paper-based test score of 550 (essay 5 TWE)
• TOEFL (iBT) Internet-based test score of 60 (writing 18)
• FCE or FCE for schools, or CAE, or CPE with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill. OET at Grade C in all sub-tests
• Pearson Test of English (PToE) Academic with a score of 50 with no score lower than 42