About this course
Take your career to the next level with our Construction Site Management Degree Apprenticeship. Designed for ambitious professionals, this course provides the skills and knowledge you need to confidently lead construction and civil engineering projects from initial setup to completion.
With a strong focus on sustainability, emerging technologies, and strategic management, you’ll gain a well-rounded understanding of modern construction site management. You’ll explore how construction materials, methods, procurement strategies, and project risks shape projects, ensuring you can balance time, cost, and quality effectively.
You’ll develop the technical and managerial expertise to tackle real-world challenges, from delivering efficient and economic solutions to promoting sustainable practices. Through industry-facing projects and networking opportunities, you’ll connect with experts and apply your learning in professional settings—preparing you to make an impact in the ever-evolving construction industry.
What you’ll study
To achieve the apprenticeship, all apprentices must complete an End-Point Assessment (EPA). The EPA is an independent assessment that ascertains whether an apprentice is competent in their occupation.
Law (20 credits)
On this module you'll study the English legal system and its relationship to European Union law, to help you understand how law is made, administered and enforced.
You'll also study health and safety law, contract law, negligence, occupier’s liability and other construction-related legal topics that have relevance to the construction and property environment.
Construction Technology (20 credits)
This module will primarily focus on industrial and commercial buildings. The key aim is for you to understand modern and traditional building technologies.
It will also consider international construction methods and materials. Sustainability is an intrinsic driver in all construction matters, and its consideration will be an overriding requirement in this module.
Engineering Surveying (20 credits)
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the basic principles and purposes of engineering surveying. You'll learn the theory in lectures and tutorials, with hands-on seminar and laboratory sessions introducing the practical surveying field skills required by industry.
You'll learn how to use standard surveying instruments, how to set out and control construction works, and how to measure existing buildings.
Contract Administration: Control and Finance (20 credits)
Contract administration is the study of construction contracts and practice. Construction-related contracts are widely used in the industry and play an important role in your working practices.
This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of this area by studying key topics related to the administration of construction-related contracts, and applying the practices and procedures to industry-related scenarios.
Construction Management Practice and Procedures (20 credits)
The module introduces you to the principles and practice of a small-to-medium construction company, its behavioural management system, and the operation of its projects.
Sustainable Technology and Building Engineering Services (20 credits)
This module explores key sustainability techniques in building technology and environmental engineering. You’ll examine how to create comfortable indoor environments using both active and passive control methods. Topics include thermal performance, ventilation, heating technologies, renewable energy, and integrated energy management.
Research Methods (20 credits)
This module equips you with essential research skills to develop a literature review and methodology on a topic of your choice. You'll learn how to define a research project, analyse sources, and structure your findings effectively. Alongside research techniques, you'll refine your project and time management skills. Your research supervisor will provide guidance and support, ensuring you gain confidence in conducting independent research.
Construction Management Project (40 credits)
This module will integrate your knowledge and skills, and their application to construction production management.
It will also explore production management techniques required for modern complex construction projects, both in the domestic and international construction arenas.
Professional Practice for Construction Managers (40 credits)
This module integrates the knowledge and skills gained from your studies and workplace experience to demonstrate professional practice and competence. You’ll explore fundamental principles of construction management, drawing on current industry practices.
Designed to prepare you for your role in the construction industry and chartered status with the Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB), the module enhances your understanding of professional ethics, codes of practice, and industry standards.
Corporate Management (20 credits)
This module will further develop your knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the corporate, financial and operational environment in which different construction organisations, their management and their clients operate.
Completing your Apprenticeship
To achieve the apprenticeship, all apprentices must complete an End-Point Assessment (EPA). The EPA is an independent assessment that ascertains whether an apprentice is competent in their occupation.
Gateway
Gateway is the period of time between the end of the off-the-job training (practical period) and the beginning of the assessment period when EPA will take place.
At Gateway, the apprentice, employer and training provider will review the apprentice’s knowledge, skills and behaviours to determine whether they are ready to take their EPA. This is normally done at a Gateway review meeting which takes place near the end of the apprenticeship. At this meeting, all three parties will check that the mandatory aspects of the apprenticeship have been completed and that the apprentice is ready to take their final assessment(s).
Apprentices must meet the Gateway requirement set out in the assessment plan before taking their EPA.
End-Point Assessment
This apprenticeship is non-integrated. This means that the end-point assessment is administered and assessed by an external organisation. For this apprenticeship standard there is only one End-Point Assessment Organisation: the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Details of the assessment elements can be found in the assessment plan.
There are three elements to this end-point assessment:
- Online Test
- Case study including report, presentation and questioning
- Interview (underpinned by a Summary of Experience Portfolio)
We regularly review and update our course content based on student and employer feedback, ensuring that all of our courses remain current and relevant. This may result in changes to module content or module availability in future years.
How you're taught
Your typical day will run from 9 am through to about 5 pm, and typically three different subject areas are taught on each day. In Year Four, the formal contact hours are reduced to allow time to focus on the individual project.
You’ll learn through a mix of:
- lectures - covering the key theories
- seminars - smaller-group sessions perfect for learning key skills and collaborative working
- laboratory sessions - including IT sessions and computer-aided design (CAD), concrete testing and field work
- workshops - including sessions where you’ll meet with your tutors in small groups to discuss any problems or work through challenging topics.
- project work - self-directed study with the support of NOW, our virtual learning environment.
Outside of timetabled sessions you'll need to undertake self-directed independent study. This will include preparing for lectures, researching, completing coursework, developing a portfolio, and directed reading to expand your knowledge. The delivery of the course is enhanced by guest lectures delivered by external practitioner experts.
As this course is taught on a part-time day release basis, no formal placement is provided by the University.
Study trips
Field trips and study visits are an important part of your learning. Trips may include site visits to live projects and residential study trips. Where a trip is mandatory it will be aligned to your modules and inform project work, and substantive costs – including travel and accommodation – will be paid for by the school. Optional trips may also be organised which can provide additional opportunities to enhance your knowledge and experience.
Optional trips may incur a cost to the student.
How you're assessed
People excel in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. You will be assessed through:
- coursework, this will make up the majority of your assessments and will consist of group and individual projects, formal reports, presentations, essays and a portfolio.
- exams, including formal exams and electronically assessed tests.
Careers and employability
Your future
This course is designed to support and develop your work-based learning, enabling you to progress in your career, equipped with the skills and knowledge to succeed.
During your Apprenticeship, you'll be allocated a workplace mentor, and an academic mentor to coach you, bringing together the skills, knowledge and experience of your employer with the academic expertise of the University.
Employability team
Our expert Employability team will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice. You can benefit from this service at any time during your studies, and for up to three years after completing your course. Our Employability team runs a series of events throughout the year specifically for Construction students, including our Property, Design and Construction fair, bringing together our students with prospective employers.
NTU Enterprise
You'll also have the opportunity to turn your ideas into a viable business with help from NTU Enterprise, NTU's purpose-built Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise, a support centre to help students create, develop and grow their own businesses.
Campus and facilities
Our Facilities
We have a vast range of specialist tools, software, workshops and other facilities to help students in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment create their very best work.
Your lectures and seminars will take place on our City Campus. You'll also benefit from dedicated lab spaces in the Maudslay building, including a hydraulics lab and a concrete testing lab.
IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across the City site, with PCs providing access to Microsoft Office, email, web browsing, networked file storage, and high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student). Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.
Books and library resources
In our Boots Library, you will have access to an extensive and diverse range of books and periodicals that focus on specialist areas within the Built Environment. The library's OneSearch system provides access to all our electronic resources, journals and books.
Within the library there is a liaison librarian who has specialist subject knowledge. They can offer detailed help in finding and using print and electronic resources and also support on things such as Harvard referencing and research skills.
Entry requirements
Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their Apprentices in terms of employment and eligibility. Applicants for this course must meet the published entry requirements below:
- Level 4 HNC (or equivalent) in a construction related subject area.
All successful applicants must meet the criteria for Apprentices set by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).
Other relevant qualifications or prior experience may also be considered as an alternative. NTU will liaise with the employer to determine their requirements.
Advanced entry
NTU may admit a student with advanced standing beyond the beginning of a course, through an assessment of that student's prior learning, whether it is certificated or uncertificated. Our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy outlines the process and options available to these prospective students, such as recognising experiential learning or transferring to a similar course at another institution, otherwise known as credit transfer.
All prospective students who wish to apply via Recognition of Prior Learning should initially contact the central Admissions and Enquiries Team who will be able to support you through the process.
Getting in touch
If you need any more help or information, please email apprenticeships@ntu.ac.uk or call on +44 (0)115 848 2589.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form
Fees and funding
To undertake an apprenticeship you must be employed - as such, your employer will pay your tuition fees.
If you or your employer have any questions regarding the fees and funding available for this apprenticeship, please see our Apprenticeships pages, contact our Apprenticeships team at apprenticeships@ntu.ac.uk, or call +44 (0)115 848 2589.
How to apply
Applications to this course can be made through our NTU Applicant Portal - click on the Apply button at the top of the page to be taken straight through to the Portal. Candidates are not required to attend an interview for this course.
Application deadline
Applications for the part-time course can be submitted up until the start of the course in October. Places are subject to availability, therefore we would advise early application.
Information for your employer
We have lots of useful advice and guidance on our website to help you discuss your options with your employer.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or support, you can call our Apprenticeship team on +44 (0)115 848 2589, or email apprenticeships@ntu.ac.uk.
Good luck with your application!
We will review your identity documents / immigration status to verify residency eligibility in line with the apprenticeship funding rules, at application stage.
Applications to this course can be made through our NTU Applicant Portal - click on the Apply button at the top of the page to be taken straight through to the Portal. Candidates are not required to attend an interview for this course.
Application deadline
Applications for the part-time course can be submitted up until the start of the course in October. Places are subject to availability, therefore we would advise early application.
Information for your employer
We have lots of useful advice and guidance on our website to help you discuss your options with your employer.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or support, you can call our Apprenticeship team on +44 (0)115 848 2589, or email apprenticeships@ntu.ac.uk.
Good luck with your application!
