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National Progression Award: Construction Skills (CECA) Construction Operations and Civil Engineering Services

The CECA Scotland Academy at Fife College is a training to work pathway creating qualified Civil Engineering Operatives. This short course and qualification involves 18 weeks full time at college and is a practical course delivered outdoors. Covering all aspects of health, wellbeing and working safety, it focuses on ground related works such as finding services, digging and reinstating ground, working with concrete, kerbs and drainage. If you enjoy practical work and being outdoors, this is the course for you!

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Level:

SCQF Level 5

Study Mode:

  • Full time

Location:

  • Dunfermline

Start Date:

Feb 2025

Duration:

  • 30 hours per week in college, plus
  • 10 hours per week self directed study
  • 18 weeks

Who is this course for?

With the opportunity to interview with some of the biggest names in the construction industry on successful completion of the course, the CECA Academy at Fife College is ideal for anyone looking to re-train, upskill or begin a career within the civil engineering industry.
A job in this industry can often require travel across Scotland, therefore it is recommended that applicants hold a valid UK driving licence.

What skills will I learn?

  • As part of this course you will learn practical skills associated with Road Drainage, Laying Kerbing, Laying and Finishing Concrete and Temporary Excavation Support
  • As this is a pathway to work programme, you will regularly engage with industry partners throughout the course learning key employability skills.
  • This course is delivered outside on an area identified as a construction site, you will therefore learn key health and safety skills required for a successful career in the construction industry.
  • On successful completion of the course, candidates will participate in an interview workshop with key local employers gaining the communication skills required for successful employment in the future.

What will I study?

  • On this 18 week course you will study

    • Workplace Health Safety and Welfare
    • Conform to Productive Work Practices
    • Set Out Secondary Dimensional Work Controls: An Introduction
    • Install Road Drainage
    • Lay Kerbs and Channels
    • Excavate Holes and Trenches
    • Reinstate Ground Conditions
    • Form Concrete Structures
    • Lay and Finish Concrete
    • Provide Temporary Excavation Support
    • Study and Guidance support
    • Meta-skills portfolio
    • Sustainability in Construction (VLE)
  • There will be some written assessments at the end of each unit as well as the practical.

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • SVQ in Construction and Civil Engineering Operations (Construction).
  • Level 6 National Certificate in Built Environment

What career opportunities are there?

As this is a pathway to employment programme, there are opportunities to be interviewed with companies that undertake Civil Engineering and Construction Operations work on successful completion of this course.

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