Course Includes:
- Language: English
- Certificate: Yes
Course Description
Overview
Cost Management in construction projects has become vital globally, in view of emergence of very high demand for quantity surveying studies. The history reflects that the quantity surveyors were instrumental in general contracting organizations in working out project cost before starts the work and in measuring the works done by different craftsmen. With the world economic development or revolution, money becomes a scarce resource. Due to high risk and uncertainties in construction, cost controlling must be exercised in order to secure investors’ interest. The modern dynamic construction environment requires knowledgeable quantity surveyors to perform cost management task. Current requirement is not limited to technical quantity surveying work such as taking site measurements or taking off for bill preparation but extends to cost management, contract administration and dispute resolution.
The EdHat IHD in quantity surveying has been designed to disseminate the required knowledge base gradually to students. Industrial training in the middle helps the students to learn and experience real construction and quantity surveyors role in construction environment.
The EdHat IHD qualifications provide greater depth & specialization to the students. This course is designed for full time learners and provides progression into or within employment in the business sector, either directly on achieving the EdHat IHD award or following further study to degree level. The EdHat International Specialised Higher Diploma programs in quantity surveying provide opportunities for learners to apply their knowledge and practical skills in the workplace.
Completion of the qualification may well be into or within employment in quantity surveying in construction where students may study for professional body examinations. Also at completion the students may progress for further study to complete their bachelor’s degree at the EdHat partner university.
The EdHat International Higher Diploma in Quantity Surveying has been designed to disseminate the required knowledge base gradually to students. Industrial training at the middle helps to students to learn and experience real construction and Quantity Surveyors role in construction environment.
The EdHat International Higher Diploma qualifications provide greater depth & specialization to the students. The programs are expected to be followed by full time learners and provide progression into or within employment in the business sector, either directly on achieving the EdHat International Higher Diploma award or following further study to degree level. The EdHat International Specialised Higher Diploma programs in Quantity Surveying provide opportunities for learners to apply their knowledge and practical skills in the workplace.
Completion of the qualification may well be into or within employment in Quantity Surveying in Construction where students may study for professional body examinations. Also at completion the students may progress for further study to complete their bachelor’s degree at the EdHat partner University.
Entry Requirements
Programs of EdHat International Higher Diploma are designed particularly for those students who have recently been in education with an entry profile as follows:
Relevant NQF Level 3 qualifications or
- An access to Higher Education certificate awarded by an approved Further Education institution or equivalent.
- EdHat International Higher Diploma programs may also be accessed by those with previous relevant learning and/or work experience. In such cases the entry profile may include:
- Accreditation of Prior Certified Learning (APCL) which gives recognition to learning which has been formally assessed and for which a certificate has been awarded other than those listed above; or
- Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) which gives recognition to knowledge and skills developed through different types of experience, such as work and voluntary activities. Mature students may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience.
Assessment
| Level of Assessment | Type of Assessment | Weightage | Purpose of Assessment |
| Module Level | On-Line Examinations | 40% | Theoretical Aspects of the Module |
| Assignment | 60% | Practical Implementation aspects of the Module | |
| Program Level | Final Project or Industrial Training | 100% | Ensure the student meets the Program Objectives |
Units
Semester: 1
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| GCU 0101 | Organization and Behavior | General Core Unit | 10 |
| GCU 0102 | End User Applications | General Core Unit | 10 |
| GCU 0103 | Computer Platforms | General Core Unit | 10 |
| LCS 0101 | Personal Skills Development | Language & Communication Skills | 10 |
| LCS 0102 | English for Academic Purposes – Level I | Language & Communication Skills | 0 |
| QSE 0104 | Civil Engineering Technology and Basic Structural Design | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool A | 10 |
| QSE 0102 | Specifications of Construction Materials | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool A | 10 |
Semester: 2
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| LCS 0201 | English for Academic Purposes – Level II | Language and Communication Skills | 0 |
| QSC 0102 | Surveying | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0103 | Principles of Measurements | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0104 | Financial Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0205 | Services Engineering Installations | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSE 0201 | Basic Mathematics and Statistics | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool B | 10 |
| QSE 0202 | Computer Aided Drawings | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool B | 10 |
| QSE 0203 | Building Construction Technology and Drawings | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool B | 10 |
Semester: 3
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| LCS 0301 | English for Academic Purposes – Level III | Language and Communication Skills | 0 |
| RED 0201 | Research Methods | Language and Communication Skills | 10 |
| QSC 0301 | General Economics | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0302 | Tendering and Estimating | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0303 | Advance Measurements I – Complex Buildings and Services | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0304 | Advance measurements II – Civil Engineering Measurements | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0305 | Contractual Procedures (Pre-Contract QS) | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
Semester: 4
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| PJI 0401 | Quantity Surveying Project or Industrial Experience | Project or Industrial Experience | 20 |
| QSC 0406 | Construction Economics | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0407 | Post Contract Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0408 | Law and Dispute Resolution | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| QSC 0409 | Professional Practice | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
