About the course

Kick-start a career shaping the built environment. This T Level blends cutting-edge design with hands-on surveying so you finish with the knowledge, confidence and portfolio to step straight into skilled employment, a paid Apprenticeship or higher education.

Learn the core of modern construction through live briefs and industry-relevant units: building and digital technologies (materials, MMC, services integration, CAD and introductory BIM); construction maths (measurement, setting-out, take-offs, tolerances, quality statistics); how the construction and built-environment sector works (clients, designers, contractors, regulations and planning); sustainability (low-carbon design, lifecycle thinking, energy performance, circular materials, environmental risk); professional communication (reports, drawing standards, stakeholder engagement, teamwork and ethics); commercial awareness (estimating, cost planning, value and procurement, contracts); and project controls (programmes, risk, document control, quality, H&S).

Build specialist capability with site surveys using real instruments, coordinated drawings to recognised standards, quantification and cost take-offs, and introductory 4D/5D BIM concepts. Bring learning to life on a substantial industry placement—supporting site surveys, CAD updates, cost checks, sustainability reviews and information management. Assessment blends core exams, an employer-set project and occupational specialism tasks to prove real-world competence.

Progress to Apprenticeships (Level 4 Site Engineering Technician, Level 4 Quantity Surveying Technician, Construction Design & Build Technician) or to HNC/HND and construction-related degrees. Early roles include Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Trainee Building Surveyor, CAD/BIM Technician, Site Engineering Technician and Trainee Design Coordinator. Built with employers, digital by design and sustainability-led—this T Level is your launchpad.

Start Date/s

02/09/2026

Entry Requirements

5 GCSEs at Grade 5 or above including English and Mathematics or a relevant Level 2 qualification.

Modules

1. Health and safety 2. Science 3. Measurement 4. Building technology 5. Information and data 6. Digital technology 7. Construction mathematical techniques 8. Design 9. Construction and the built environment industry 10. Sustainability 11. Relationship management 12. Commercial business 13. Project management 14. Law

Assessment

Assessment is via two written examinations, two employer set practical assessments and the completion of a 315 hour industry placement.

Careers & Progression

Architectural Technician, Building Control Surveyor, Building Services Engineering, Civil Engineering Technician, Construction

Project Management, Environmental Engineering, Quantity Surveyor, Surveying Technician, Site Management, Structural

Engineering, Town Planning.

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