Highways Open Tech

Ground Investigation

The qualification

Highways Open Tech Certificate

Entry requirements

You can enrol at any time - by post or fax. For application form contact Mary-Anne Couzins - details below. When applying please make sure you send:

• The enrolment form - the whole form must be completed
• Any necessary supplementary forms (CO15 - Authority for Invoicing Fees; CO24 - Standing Order Mandate)
• The payment for the fees due

Aim of the course

The objective of this course is to introduce the aims and methods of ground investigation and develop an understanding of the properties of engineering soils.

This is one of the Highways Open Tech short courses. They are designed to provide training on specific aspects of the highways industry and are an efficient and effective way to acquire knowledge in a limited area.

Students can enrol at any time of the year, and study with assessment and certification. The study time allowed for completion of these courses is one year.

Who is the course for?

Highways Open Tech courses are for anyone working, or planning to work, in the highways industry. Our advisors can help you choose the programme to meet your needs. There is no age limit, but mature students or people already in the industry will benefit particularly from these courses.

As the courses are by distance learning, the College is pleased to accept students outside the EU and overseas. There is an additional charge for postage.

Course content

• BS 5930
• Planning and ground investigation for highway works
• Geological exposures
• Trial pits
• Bore holes
• Record keeping and reports
• Soils

Assessment

One assignment

After the course

The short courses have been extracted from full courses and after successful completion students will receive a Highways Open Tech Certificate. If at a later date, students choose to study a full course, it is not necessary to study again any part of the course that has been successfully studied in a short course on a previous occasion.

 

Services for employers

 

We can invoice employers if Form CO15 is completed. If requested we can keep you informed of your employees progress. If you are enroling 6 or more students on full courses, please contact us and we will be able to negiotate a group discount.

Download Highways Open Tech courses brochure below for more details on the range of courses offered and how to apply. For more information or to enrol you can also contact Mary-Anne Couzins

By phone: (+44) (0)1225 328690

By email: couzinsma@citybathcoll.ac.uk.

By post:
Highways Open Tech
City of Bath College
Distance Education Unit
Avon Street
Bath BA1 1UP
United Kingdom

For advice or more details please telephone (01225) 312191 or email info@citybathcoll.ac.uk. You may also visit our Student Advice Centre. If you have a learning difficulty or disability please contact Learning Skills to arrange additional help.

Related Documents

• Highways Open Tech course brochure
  (pdf 2MB)

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