CECA Scotland Academy (NPA Construction Operations)

Course description

This 5-month course, developed in partnership with the Civil Engineering Contracting Association (CECA), aims to address the skills gap within the industry by developing a future talent pipeline of Civil Engineering Operatives in Scotland.

This is a highly practical, hands-on course which will include site visits to establish industry links and prepare you for future employment. On successful completion of the programme, you will gain a NPA qualification in civil engineering, and an interview with an employer at the end of the programme, offering a direct route into the industry as a civil engineering operative.

• Employers have signed up to CECA to guarantee a 75% employment rate as Civil Engineering Operatives for successful candidates.

Units will include:

• Workplace health safety and welfare
• Conform to productive work practices
• Set out secondary dimensional work controls: an introduction
• Install road drainage
• Lay kerbs and channels
• Excavate holes and trenches
• Reinstate ground conditions
• Form concrete structures
• Lay and finish concrete
• Work readiness
• Skills portfolio