Civil Engineering Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma

What's it all about? Civil Engineers are responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and built environment, including works like bridges, roads, railways, airports, canals, dams and buildings. Civil Engineers can either be consulting engineers who advise on projects and design them or contracting engineers who make the plans real. What skills and qualities do I need? An analytical, methodical and accurate approach to your work Organised The ability to work well in a team What would I learn at College? The underpinning maths and science related to construction The design of construction and how to communicate your design in drawings and specifications How to carry out site surveys to produce drawings and sections How to carry out surveys to assess the conditions of buildings How to calculate the cost of construction works and maintain the progress against the budget The mathematical analysis of forces acting on structures such as steel framed buildings How to take design information from drawings and mark out positions and heights on the ground The prinicples of highway construction and procedures for maintenance of roads