Heritage & Conservation for the Construction Professional (15 weeks)
About this course
Explore how retrofit technologies can be applied to meet the climate change challenges of the future without compromising the heritage aesthetic and character of our cities, towns, and villages.
Develop your understanding of the concepts and practicalities of heritage management, together with developing an understanding of what is required when proposing intervention works for listed or historic buildings.
You'll be exposed to the formalities of legal frameworks and the appropriate use of heritage materials in the repair, care, maintenance and upgrading of heritage buildings and assets.
Skills Bootcamps
Our Skills Bootcamps are funded by The Department for Education under the Skills for Life programme. Granting eligible learners across the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, or Lincolnshire regions access to the technical training required to secure employment within the low-carbon construction sector.
What you’ll study
The course will include the study of:
- Heritage buildings and Conservation in context
- The Regulatory and legislative framework in the UK
- Heritage construction techniques and materials
- The sustainable reuse and adaptation of heritage buildings and assets
- Retrofit to heritage buildings and assets.
By the end of the course you'll be able to:
- Identify, record and evaluate different architectural periods and styles within their social, economic and physical context
- Understand the main legal and practical constraints controlling works on historic buildings and sites.
- Produce appropriate advice on the sympathetic maintenance, repair, conversion, conservation and retrofitting of the historic built environment.
- Identify differences in heritage construction techniques and materials
- Design and specify appropriate upgrades to the vernacular property, including choices for retrofit and enhancing energy performance characteristics.
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
Teaching and learning will take place using a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials.
How you're assessed
You'll be assessed through one piece of coursework.
Campus and facilities
Entry requirements
UK students
To be funded, the learners must:
- Be aged 19 or older, on or before 31 August within the ESFA funding year (01 August – 31 July).
- Have the right to work in the UK - this can be checked on gov.uk/view-right-to-work.
- Meet residency requirements to live in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Lincolnshire.
Additional requirements for UK students
There are no additional requirements for this course.
International students
To be funded, the learners must:
- Be aged 19 or older, on or before 31 August within the ESFA funding year (01 August – 31 July).
- Have the right to work in the UK - this can be checked on gov.uk/view-right-to-work.
- Meet residency requirements to live in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Lincolnshire.
Additional requirements for international students
There are no additional requirements for this course.
