The qualification has two mandatory components:

1. Core Component
   This component covers the underpinning knowledge, concepts and skills that support threshold competence in the Construction industry. It has 600 GLH and is assessed by two externally set Core Examinations and an Employer Set Project.
2. Occupational Specialist Components
   There are two Occupational Specialist Components in this qualification, each of which has 600 GLH:

• Surveying and design for construction and the built environment
• Civil engineering

Students undertaking the T Level Technical Qualification in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning will be able to choose one of the two Occupational Specialisms to complete as part of their T Level Technical Qualification.

These components cover the occupational specialist knowledge and skills required to demonstrate threshold competence for the specialism. Each Occupational Specialism will be assessed by a skills-related project that synoptically assesses the performance outcome skills and associated underpinning knowledge.

• Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and maths.
• Successful completion of the Level 2 Certificate.
• To be aged between 16-18 at the start of the qualification.

Year 1: You will be assessed on the core subject knowledge area by completing: 

• Written examination 1: Science and Building Technology
• Written examination 2: Construction Industry and Sustainability
• Employer set project, which involves preparing a report responding to a client brief and initial designs, preparing designs from the proposed project, producing costing documentation and carrying out research to present solutions to problems arising in the scenario.
  
  

Year 2: You will complete an end-of-year project based on the occupational specialist pathway.

This project will be linked to surveying and design for construction and the built environment. You will produce a portfolio of evidence responding to a client brief, analyse information, design construction solutions and verify the delivery of those construction solutions. 

Successful completion of this course opens up a variety of exciting progression pathways for your future including higher education, a related apprenticeship or employment.