HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN QUANTITY SURVEYING

NVQ Level 5 & 6

Introduction

The National Diploma in Quantity surveying is a two year program (NVQ Level 5 & 6) oriented towards the skills required by the industry at middle management levels and leads students to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Quantity surveying. In order to achieve this, the students shall work closely with cost controlling concepts, and how handle the resources; men, machine, material, methods and money in the construction industry.
Quantity surveyor is the person who responsible on estimating the quantities from the design drawings, and measurement of the quantities in the site during the project implementation, and preparing the current and final payments.

In general can describe quantity survey as follows:

Description and preparation of the bill of quantities and its items required for the tender.
Preparation of the site material, material types, and material distribution. Describe the items and preparing BOQ
Preparing of the cost estimate in BOQ.
Preparation of the list of the site needs (technician / workers, machine and material)
Preparation of the due payment statements (contractor payments during the construction
Review and check the bids submitted and preparation of the lists of the contents of bids.
Sharing in evaluation and preparation of the recommendation to award the contract to be submitted to owner.
Review and checking the payments submitted from the contractor.
Preparation of reports about conformity of quantities items with contract documents.

During the implementation, quantity surveyor (Contractor) responsible for

Review and checking the BOQ at the starting of the work, Prepare the eng. Measurement for the quantities of the finished works, Prepare lists of the site needs (material, workers, technicians), Calculate the remuneration of the subcontractors, workers, equipments, Prepare the payment statements and Prepare the detailed reports describing the situation of the items quantities etc.

A Quantity Surveyor should be with ability to understand the drawings details, design drawings, shop drawings, as built. Excellent knowledge of the calculation of the areas and volumes, knowledge of fees of workers, technicians, rules and law of the contracts, In addition to the knowledge of related financial issues taxes, banks transactions, insurances and its implication and Knowledge of the productivity of the workers and technicians.

To fulfill the requirement, it is essential to introduce professional technical courses as a social responsibility. To be an alternative, University College has decided to conduct Quantity surveying course, maintaining the national vocational qualification standards.

Entry Qualification

Candidate should have NVQ Level 4 Certificate offered by the recommended institute in the field of Construction Technology, Building Services Technology, and Engineering Draftsmanship.

GCE A/L 03 Pass in Relevant Stream (Mathematics, Science or Engineering Technology)

Duration

The Higher National Diploma in Building Services Technology is a two year (Full time) program (NVQ Level 5 and 6) oriented towards the skills required by the industry.

The course complies with four academic semesters and one year on the job training as follows,

Job Opportunities

After complete the Higher National Diploma students will qualify the working in the field of Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing Building Automation, and Extra Law Voltage (ELV) systems.

They can contribute their capacity to the country as a,

Implementation of Building Services (Construction/consultation).
Maintenance of Building Services.

Staff

01. K.R. Hettiarachchi.

Head of Department / Lecturer

MSc in Intergrated Water Resources Management,

B.Tech in Building Services Technology.

02. W.A.R.K. Dissanayake

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

MSc in ……………….- Reading

B.Tech in Building Services Technology.

03. M.M.Piyarathne.

Lab Assistant

Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 4

Module Code	Module
F45C002M01	Mathematical concepts in Quantity Surveying
F45C002M02	Measurement- I
F45C002M03	Construction Technology- I
F45C002M04	Quantity Surveying Practice-I
F45C002M05	Drawings practice for Quantity Surveying
F45C002M06	Financial Accounting
F45C002M07	General Economics
EMPM01

Module Code	Module
F45C002M08	Law-I
F45C002M09	Contract Administration- I
F45C002M10	Material Technology
F45C002M11	Estimating & Tendering
F45C002M12	Quantity Surveying Practice-II
EMPM02	Workplace communications Management
EMPM03	Plan Work to be Performed at Workplace

Module Code	Module
F45C002M13	Measurement- II
F45C002M14	Quantity Surveying Practice-III
F45C002M15	Contract Administration- II
F45C002M16	Construction Technology II
F45C002M17	Construction Economics
EMPM04	Problem Solving and Decision Making

Module Code	Module
F45C002M18	Quantity Surveying Practice-IV
F45C002M19	Law-II
F45C002M20	Construction Technology-III
F45C002M21	Computer Aided Quantity Surveying
F45C002M22	Project Work
EMPM05	Teamwork and Leadership
EMPM06	Creating& maintaining a learning Culture at Workplace