Heritage & Conservation for the Construction Professional (10 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 East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA), granting eligible learners across the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regions access to the technical training required to secure employment within the low-carbon construction sector.
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.
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.
Who will teach you?
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.
- Meet residency requirements - suppliers should refer to the residency eligibility section of the Adult Skills Fund (ASF) funding rules for the relevant year before accepting an individual onto a Skills Bootcamp. The 2023/24 Adult Education Budget AEB rules apply to Skills Bootcamps delivery before 01 August 2024, and from 01 August 2024 onwards the ASF rules for the relevant ESFA funding year apply.
- Live in England. Live or work in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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.
- Meet residency requirements - suppliers should refer to the residency eligibility section of the Adult Skills Fund (ASF) funding rules for the relevant year before accepting an individual onto a Skills Bootcamp. The 2023/24 Adult Education Budget AEB rules apply to Skills Bootcamps delivery before 01 August 2024, and from 01 August 2024 onwards the ASF rules for the relevant ESFA funding year apply.
- Live in England. Live or work in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
Additional requirements for international students
There are no additional requirements for this course.
