COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUILDING

The course is structured to provide a career-oriented technological education and to prepare students for supervisory level employment in the construction management, quantity surveying and allied industries in the built environment. The ND Building lays the foundation for further study towards the degree BTech Construction Management or BTech Quantity Surveying which are awarded after a further one year of study and allows for specialisation in these fields.

Type: Undergraduate Diploma

Duration: Full time 3 years

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Construction management


• Quantity surveying


• Construction technology


• Site surveying


• Applied building science


• Communication


• Computer applications

Second Year Subjects:

• Construction management


• Quantity surveying


• Construction technology


• Building practice

Third Year Subjects:

• Construction management


• Quantity surveying


• Construction technology


• Structures and concrete


• Construction accounting


• Price analysis and estimating

Careers: Construction Manager, Quantity Surveyor.

Source: www.cput.ac.za

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