National Technician Diploma in Building Construction Technology
HoD
Mr. Emmanuel Okeng
Course Description
Uganda's construction industry is growing at a high rate. As a developing country, the utilisation of the available technical resources and personnel is important in advancing the economy and saving on the meagre resources that would otherwise go to experts or training in other countries.
Civil Engineering is a very important profession. It deals with provision of solutions to the majority of basic needs of society. The profession requires planning, designing and construction of physical infrastructure that enhances and sustains human activity. These include construction and maintenance of buildings, water treatment and supply, waste treatment and disposal, and transportation infrastructure. The role of a Civil and Building Engineering Technician is to actively participate in the construction and maintenance supervision of these and others as society may need from time to time in a changing world.
Course Curriculumn
This curriculum is in line with the BTVET strategic plan of ‘’Skilling Uganda’’ and BTVET Act of 2008. The competences that the learners are expected to acquire are clearly spelt out in each module covered in the semester. The modules offered in this programme are packaged in a manner that will enable the learner to attain particular skills of performing tasks at any level of the respective semester. Modules such as Engineering mathematics, engineering drawing, surveying, and construction technology, enable the learner to set out and construct simple buildings, calculate and level the volume of earths, locate and plot the correct positions of physical features and land.
Road works, civil engineering drawing, carpentry and joinery and Real Life construction projects are aimed at equipping the learner with the necessary skills and techniques of designing, drawing, interpreting plans, constructing buildings and open road channels, finishing and supervising works.
Quantity surveying, strength of materials, elements of design of structures will enable the learner to estimate and cost the materials and labour of works and supervise the completion of works to the set schedule.
Entrepreneurship, site organisation and management equip the learner with the skills of starting up an enterprise, managing and sustaining it. The Industrial training will bridge the gap between the training institutions with the world of work.
Other modules such as Computer Applications, Kiswahili and Communication Skills, are aimed at enhancing the learner’s report writing and presentation skills.
Course Programme Structure
The National Diploma in Civil Engineering is a full time programme of duration of four (04) semesters.
Each academic year shall consist of two (02) semesters and a recess term for Industrial Training. Each semester shall consist of seventeen (17) weeks; fifteen (15) weeks of teaching and two (02) weeks of examination. Each recess term shall be ten (10) weeks.
One contact hour (CH) shall be equivalent to one (01) lecture/tutorial hour (L) or two (02) practical/laboratory hours (P) or eight (08) hours of Industrial Training. A series of fifteen (15) contact hours shall be equivalent to one credit unit (CU).
A module shall have a minimum load of one (01) credit unit and a maximum of five (05) credit units. The minimum semester load shall be fifteen (15) credit units and the maximum semester load shall be thirty two (32) credit units.
Course Entry Requirements
Admission to the National Diploma in Civil Engineering shall be done in accordance with the regulations of the National Council for Higher Education or any such statutory body that the Government shall assign this legal mandate from time to time.
A candidate shall be eligible for admission to the programme on meeting any of the following minimum qualifications:
- Direct Entry
- Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least five (05) passes two of which must be in Physics and Mathematics; and
- Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) with at least One (01) Principal Pass in either Physics or Mathematics and Two (02) Subsidiary Passes from science subjects taken at Principal Level obtained at the same sitting or its equivalent. For purposes of computing entry points, the advanced level subjects shall be classified as follows:
- Essential – Physics and Mathematics
- Relevant – Chemistry, Economics
- Desirable – General Paper, Any other Science/Technical subject taken at subsidiary level.
- Upgrader
- Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least three (03) passes two of which must be in Physics and Mathematics; and
- Advanced Craft Certificate or equivalent certificate from a recognised institution with proven practical experience of at least two (02) years in any of the following fields:
- Blocklaying and Concrete Practice;
- Carpentry and Joinery;
- Plumbing;
- Any other Engineering field as approved by the Admissions Board of the Uganda Technical College.
- Diploma in an Engineering or Physical Science field from a recognised institution.
- Bachelor’s degree in the Physical Sciences from a recognised institution.
- Any other qualification as approved by the regulatory bodies of the East African Community States.
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