Higher National Qualification (HTQ) – Building Services Engineering


  • Start Date: 24/09/2025
  • Course is for: Adult
  • Course Length: 1 Year
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If you’re thinking about starting a career in Building Services, or want to develop your current career in the Building Services sector, then our HTQ in Building Services Engineering is ideal for you.

Our Higher Technical Qualifications or HTQs are co-designed with employers to meet the evolving demands of needed to succeed in industry. So, you not only get the knowledge you need to apply, or progress, but also the practical expertise employers want in only 12 months.

The course aims to:

  • Give you the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to achieve high performance in the international construction environment.
  • Give you the abilities and confidence to work across different business functions and to lead, manage, respond to change, and tackle a range of complex construction situations.
  • Provide the core skills required for a range of careers in construction, specifically those related to management and operations.
  • Offer a balance between employability skills and essential knowledge.
  • Develop your understanding of the major impact that new digital technologies have on the construction environment.
  • Provide insight into international business operations and the opportunities and challenges presented by a global marketplace.
  • Equip you with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values, and to allow flexible study to meet local and specialist needs.

The HNC (Higher National Certificate) in Building Services Engineering is an introductory higher education qualification and offers a broad base of traditional construction and BSE subjects with specialist options.

Modules include:

  • Construction Design Project
  • Construction Technology
  • The Construction Environment
  • Mathematics for Construction
  • Principles of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  • Scientific Principles for Building Services
  • Digital Applications for Building Information Modelling
  • Principles of Alternative Energy

Some units are subject to change depending on industry requirements.

Required Entry Qualifications

A Level 3 qualification in Construction and The Built Environment

Mature applicants without qualifications but with equivalent experience and knowledge may apply.

Suitability will be determined at an interview.

Each module is formally assessed through a mixture of:

  • Individual design projects
  • Essays
  • Presentations
  • Peer assessment
  • Open-book assignments
  • Portfolio building
  • Professional reports.

This formal assessment will count towards your module mark and summative feedback is provided following the submission of your formal submission of work.

You will be taught by an experienced teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course.

The team could include senior academics and professional practitioners with industry experience.

How will I be taught?

The programme is delivered by experienced practitioners who will be using a wide range of strategies to facilitate your learning.

You will gain a wide range of sector knowledge tied to practical skills gained in research, self-study, directed study and workplace scenarios.

Please note: Courses will run subject to sufficient student numbers.

Some units are subject to change depending on industry requirements.

Sometimes planned delivery is subject to change, for example moving to remote learning. If this is the case we will clearly communicate this to you beforehand.

The fee for this course is £4,500.

The fee shown is the fee you will pay per year of study. For example, if the course lasts for one year, this is the full fee you will pay. If the course lasts for one or more years, this is the fee you’ll pay per year of study.

There may be additional costs for equipment, uniforms or study resources which we’ll let you know about at your course interview. Many of our learners will apply for a Student Loan to help cover these fees.

Our friendly team can help you through this process and can be contacted via email at [email protected] or 0191 490 0300 or via Live Chat.

Please note: The fee shown may be subject to change when our fee policy is agreed in Spring 2025.If this happens after you have applied, you will be contacted directly before the course is due to start. All courses will run subject to sufficient student numbers.