The purpose of the Diploma in Construction Technology programme is to provide the needed platform for the training of highly skilled middle level manpower with requisite knowledge, skill and technology to function effectively and efficiently in providing the vital link in the chain of operation in the building construction industry.

This programme seeks to draw on the competency-based training (CBT) mode to train its students. This will guarantee the churning out of graduates with the prerequisite skills required to fit into the job market with little or no further training.

The main objectives are to:

  • Equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge needed to undertake professional tasks in the construction industry;
  • Enable students acquire and develop transferable hands-on skills demanded by employers.  
  • Train students to acquire critical entrepreneurial skills needed to identify business opportunities and establish businesses to create employment for the youth;
  • Train students to develop and apply the highest professional ethics needed to function effectively in the construction industry.  

 Courses under the programme

  • Building Drawing & History of Architecture
  • Building Structures and Materials 
  • Building Mathematics
  • Integrated Project Work
  • Sketch designs and Introduction to Specification
  • Statistics for Builders
  • Computer Literacy 
  • Communication Skills
  • Site Surveying
  • Theory and Design of Structures
  • Building Science
  • Construction Technology
  • Construction     Health,     Safety     &      Site Organization
  • Sustainable Construction
  • African Studies
  • Laboratory and Workshop Practice
  • Civil Engineering Construction 
  • Industrial Attachment
  • Maintenance of Construction Works
  • Measurement of Building Works
  • Estimating of Construction Works
  • Computer Applications

 Job Opportunities

Areas of employment include:

  • Construction firms e.g. Building, Road, Railways and other infrastructure contractors (as Clerk of Works, Quantity Surveyor Assistants and Safety Officers)
  • District/Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies (such as Engineers, Building Inspectors). Specifically, graduates can be employed in institutions such as AESL, CSIR-BRRI, PWD, DUR, HIGHWAYS, FEEDER ROADS and other Tertiary institutions/educational sectors
  • All corporate institutions/organisations
  • Estate Developers (as Site Engineers/Supervisors) 
  • Entrepreneurs (self-employed as contractors, building materials merchants, building materials manufacturers and consultants) · Consultancy firms

Entry Requirements:

The duration of the Diploma program is two (2) years, and to gain admission to the program, an applicant must satisfy the following minimum entry requirements: 

  1. SSSCE Candidates: Six (6) Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects from the following: Physics, Elective Mathematics, Chemistry, Building Construction, Wood/Metal work, Technical Drawing/Engineering Science, Economics and Geography.
     
  2. WASSCE Candidates: Six (6) Passes (A1-D7) in six (6) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects from the following: Physics, Elective Mathematics, Chemistry, Building Construction, Wood/Metal work, Technical Drawing/Engineering Science, Economics and Geography. 
     
  3. GCE: Passes in three (3) subjects (at least, one of the passes should be Grade E or better) at GCE ‘A’ Level including Mathematics and any two from the following: Physics, Elective Mathematics, Chemistry, Economics and Geography. In addition, the applicant must have credit passes (Grade 6) in five GCE Ordinary Level subjects including English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject (for non-science students) and an Arts subject (for Science students).
     
  4. Mature Students: The applicant must be at least 25 years old, and show proof of age with a birth certificate or any legitimate documentary proof of date of birth, which is at least 5 years old at the time of application, with English and mathematics or SSSCE passes in Core English and Core Mathematics. 
     
  5. Construction Technician Course Part I (CTC 1) graduates can apply. 
     
  6. SSSCE/WASSCE holders who could not obtain the required grades (E8/F in English or Mathematics) required for direct entry into the programme shall undergo access course, to foster their enrolment. 
     
  7. Intermediate Certificate  Two holders must obtain a minimum of a Pass in Three (2) Electives including: Blocklaying and Concreting, Carpentry and Joinery and Plumbing and Gas fitting, and Pass in Practicals including a Pass in Three (3) Core subjects including: Core Mathematics and English