• Adult returners to education
• Individuals in employment who wish to enhance their career prospects
• People who wish to start their own business
• Those who wish to pursue a career in a range of general business/management positions

The qualification has the following one unit:

• Project Planning and Development

Learners are assessed via a range of assessment methods to ensure that all the learning outcomes and assessment criteria are met in a way that enhances their learning experience. The assessments will allow learners to demonstrate a clear grasp of the concepts and their ability to link theory to practice and to communicate clearly in the construction and engineering field at the appropriate level.

Although a variety of assessment methods may be used, the demands made on learners within and between centres must be comparable to ensure consistency of assessment. To achieve this qualification, all the learning outcomes are assessed by a combination of formative and summative assessments.

Assessment methods may include:

assignments | case studies | integrated work activities | group and individual presentations | projects | reports | time constrained tests | examinations | Viva Voce

All centre-marked assessments are subject to external verification to ensure that standards are maintained comparatively against internal and external benchmarks.