Access to Construction and Engineering (ACE) SCQF Level 4/5

What is special about this course?

Take your first steps into the construction and engineering industries on our practical, employment focussed, Access to Construction and Engineering course. You will complete units and awards at national 4/5 level and on completion, can progress onto your chosen discipline

The Access to Construction and Engineering course will give you a range of opportunities to develop your skills in the Construction and Engineering Industries.  It will also help build your confidence through working in teams with your fellow students.

This course has helped many students to gain employment and apprenticeships both locally and nationally.

Throughout this course you will be given the chance to enhance your core skills, improve your Maths knowledge and learn to work efficiently and effectively allowing you to become more attractive to employers.

Entry requirements

• Prospective learners must demonstrate an interest in a career in construction or engineering
• Consideration will also be given to learners who have completed the Personal Empowerment Programme
• Satisfactory interview where you will be asked to complete a skills test, the results of this skills test will allow us to assess your suitability for a place on the course

NPA Construction Craft and Technician (NAT 4)

• Brickwork
• Carpentry & Joinery
• Painting & Decorating
• Personal Development  
• Understanding Industry 

NPA Construction Skills (NAT 5)

• Design and Manufacture
• One Brick Walling
• Develop Bench Joiner Skills
• Decorative Painting
• Efficient Construction Practices

Engineering Skills National 4 

• Mechanical
• Electrical/Electronic
• Fabrication
• Manufacture and Assembly

Engineering Skills National 5

• Mechanical and Fabrication
• Electrical/Electronic
• Maintenance
• Design and Manufacture

• Bridging Maths
• Academic Development

Fees

Full-Time Study

Full-time students will automatically receive the fee waiver if they are eligible from the information they have provided on their course application form.

If you have been living in the UK for at least three years, are an ordinary resident in Scotland before the course start date it is likely that you will not have to pay fees for your full-time course. Please check our fee waiver policy for more information.

Fees are payable on enrolment each academic year.

Some of our courses require students to have essential equipment/clothing please check with your course tutor.

Please get in touch with nhcfinance@uhi.ac.uk if you have any further questions on fees.

*Rest of UK (students typically domiciled in the rest of the UK (England, Wales and N. Ireland, including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man), with a term-time address in Scotland.

Part-Time Study

A Fee Waiver could be available to help with the payment of course fees depending on your personal circumstances, please check our fee waiver policy to see if you are eligible.

Fees are payable on enrolment each academic year.

Some of our courses require students to have essential equipment/clothing please check with your course tutor.

Please contact nhcfinance@uhi.ac.uk  if you have any further questions on fees.