This is Building and civil engineering department

Apply workshop technology practices

This unit describes the competencies required by a Quantity Surveyor in order to apply a wide
range of workshop processes and practice skills in their work. It involves use technical drawing to
plan work operations, measuring and marking out dimensions on work pieces, use hand tools to
cut and file parts, use drills to make holes, threading using taps and dies, production of components
using a lathe and milling machine, assembling of metal parts and sub-assemblies, performing of
surface finish, performing of housekeeping, inspecting finished work for accuracy and quality and
maintenance of tools and equipment.

Conduct Engineering Survey

This unit describes the competence in conducting engineering survey. It involves conducting 
levelling, setting out construction works, performing earthworks and carrying out road surveys

Produce Building Drawings

This unit describes the competence in producing building drawings. It involves producing scaled 
building drawings and producing detailed building drawings.

Execute Building Temporary Works

This Unit describes the competencies required to perform building temporary works. It involves 
erecting and dismantling building scaffolds and building shores, constructing and dismantling 
building formwork/shuttering and trench timbering.