New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) (Level 6)

Summary

Through the NZ Diploma in Construction program you’ll learn about construction principles and methods, building legislation, conflict management, contract conditions and administration, environmental sustainability and how to quantify and estimate material and labour costs.

This two-year qualification will give you the knowledge, understanding and skills to work with limited supervision as a Quantity Surveyor.

Learn how to:

• Communicate in a construction related context
• Select materials and finishes for building projects,
• Administer construction contracts
• Present feasibility information and preliminary estimates to clients
• Assemble quantity surveying documentation
• Collate all priced components into a tender submission.

With more training, this qualification could be a starting point, leading to a career as a senior quantity surveyor, registered quantity surveyor or procurement manager.

Course Content

Year One Papers

• BCON510 Construction Economics & Environment
• BCON520 Construction Estimation
• BCON530 Construction Measurement
• BCON540 Construction Technology 1
• BCON550 Health & Safety Management
• BCON560 Information Communication
• BCON570 Legislation & Dispute Resolution
• BCON580 Materials Science

Year Two Papers

• BCON600 Level 6 Project
• BCON610 Arbitration & Negotiation
• BCON620 Building Services
• BCON630 Construction Technology 2
• BCON640 Economics of Construction
• BCON 650 Project Management
• BCON680 Measurement & Estimation 1
• BCON685 Design Economics & Cost Planning

Career Opportunities

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.
• Estimator

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.

Satisfactory Completion

To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) (Level 6), and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:

• A minimum of 240 credits in accordance with the Programme schedule for the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) (Level 6)
• The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) (Level 6), full-time over two years or part-time over a number of years

Qualification Pathways

Graduates of the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) (Level 6) may be interested in further qualifications applicable to the industry such as the Bachelor of Construction with Specialisation in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or Project Management

Some of the papers in the New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying) (Level 6) also cross-credit to the New Zealand Diploma in Architectural Technology.