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Level 3 Heritage Construction Skills Course

Cost£2,500.00
Duration1 year
LevelLevel 3
DeliveryWork based
StartFlexible
Awarding bodyNOCN awarding body
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About this course

Level 3 Heritage Skills (Construction) Course. Work-based training at your workplace. You need to be employed in the construction industry to enrol. Your assessors come to your site to observe your work and build a portfolio of evidence with you. The course covers heritage specialisms including wood occupations, masonry, finisher, and brickwork. It typically takes one year to complete. This is a level 3 heritage skills (construction) qualification assessed entirely through on-site evidence.

Who this course is for

The Building Crafts College offers on-site based assessment for a range of heritage skills, including: Wood Occupations Masonry Finisher Brickwork

Completion of these qualifications requires unit based site evidence portfolios and on-site assessment by College assessors.

Entry requirements

Must be employed in industry

What you will learn

  • You'll demonstrate heritage construction techniques in your chosen specialism: wood occupations, masonry, finisher, or brickwork.
  • You'll compile a unit-based site evidence portfolio showing your competence across required tasks.
  • You'll apply traditional methods and materials appropriate to heritage and conservation work.
  • You'll work to the standards required for assessment by college assessors on your own site.
  • You'll develop the technical knowledge underpinning heritage construction practice at Level 3.

How you will learn

All learning and assessment is work-based. You build a portfolio of evidence gathered on site, documenting your practice across the units of your chosen specialism. College assessors visit your workplace to observe you working and to verify your portfolio evidence. There are no classroom sessions. Assessment is entirely practical and evidence-based.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Building Crafts College Newham will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Heritage plasterer: specialist lime and traditional plaster finishes on historic buildings
  • Heritage bricklayer: conservation and repair of historic masonry structures
  • Heritage stonemason: working with natural stone on listed and historic buildings
  • Heritage joiner or carpenter: traditional wood occupations on conservation projects
  • Conservation construction operative: maintenance and repair of heritage sites
  • Site supervisor (heritage): overseeing conservation work on historic structures

What you could study next

  • Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Heritage Skills (Construction): moves you into supervisory and more complex conservation work.
  • IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH Construction Certificate: adds formal health and safety credentials valued by employers on heritage sites.
  • Historic England or CITB short courses in specific conservation techniques: deepen specialism in lime, stone, or timber conservation.
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