Course details

Summary

Quantity surveyors manage the finances of construction projects. A working day could include liaising with clients, industry professionals and site workers; measuring quantities of materials; estimating; preparing claims, cash flows and construction programmes and much more. This programme will equip you to work on small-to-medium-scale building projects. Once you have gained experience you will be able to extend your work to include larger and more complex building projects and carry out more complex tasks of cost planning and financial control.

Through a range of modules you will develop the skills for preliminary estimating and feasibility studies, quantification, pricing of construction and associated work, and financial administration of a project during construction.

Hands On Training

Quantity surveying isn’t all textbooks and theory. You’ll be talking to experienced site managers on commercial and residential construction sites. You’ll create a structural scale model of a residential building in order to interpret and apply current legislation.

In your first year you will work on a project that will include measuring up and pricing the components of an actual house, and in your second year you’ll do the same with a commercial building.

Career Opportunities

The New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Level 6) - Quantity Surveying strand may lead to specialist employment opportunities, such as a Quantity Surveyor, Building Estimator, Property Consultant or Cost Engineer.

Entry criteria

For entry into this programme, you will need to:

• ​​have gained a minimum of 48 credits in NCEA Level 2 in four subjects, including a total of at least 12 credits in English and 12 credits in a combination of Algebra and Trigonometry; or
• have gained New Zealand Sixth Form Certificate in at least three subjects, with a grade of 5 or better in each subject (including English and Mathematics); or
• have gained the New Zealand Trade Certificate in Carpentry or the National Certificate in Carpentry; or
• be able to demonstrate equivalent industry knowledge and skills; or
• have gained the Wintec Certificate in Technology (Level 4) or an equivalent foundation programme.