Critical evidence for assessment purposes:
Analysis and problem-solving:
Create and innovate systems of identification, assessment, formulation and solving of convergent and divergent problems encountered in the day-to-day work of the quantity surveying profession; assess the impact, risks and benefits of design proposals; exercise judgment commensurate with knowledge and experience; perform management tasks including analysis, and evaluation of alternative solutions to problems or queries; identify and solve open-ended quantity surveying problems; apply techniques and principles of quantity surveying analysis, financial management and risk management.
Commerce, entrepreneurship and management:
Understand management skills; recognise the need for and applying cost effective use of appropriate resources, processes of quality control and -assurance within relevant codes of certification/measures; interpret and apply health and safety regulations; adopt processes to ensure that client needs are met and customers are delighted; understand environmental, social and community issues; use accounting principles, budgets and cash flows.
Communication:
Impart knowledge, ideas or concepts by effective writing and formatting of essays, letters and reports: demonstrate excellence in spelling/grammar/use of vocabulary/citing and referencing sources; speaking: display excellence in language-use to inform/explain or make presentations at meetings/interviews/in negotiations/over the telephone/using other technologies; listen attentively to information which may be conveyed via a variety of media: develop discernment through effective listening; use and interpret basic techniques of graphical communication; plans/diagrammes/maps drawn to various scales and/or other visual aids.
Information technology:
Use information systems with competence, including the use of relevant software systems, management packages, general construction/design packages and communication systems.
Interdisciplinary and interpersonal teamwork:
Participate in teamwork; recognise the roles, motives and viewpoints of team members; develop leadership qualities; organise, chair and participate in meetings and discussions; negotiate with a view to achieving solutions to a variety of issues related to project proposals, environmental management, contract administration and other relevant issues; manage conflict with a view to dispute resolution; use appropriate, effective techniques to elicit or obtain information; listen and comprehend the import of audio-visual communication.
Law:
Application of legal concepts and frameworks; applying relevant public and private law.
Numeracy:
Calculate, express and present numerical data and values (calculating, arranging, structuring and formatting numerical data); provide valid translation and interpretation of data, statistics, tables and graphs; execute basic statistical descriptive procedures; execute iterative statistical comparative procedures.
Quantification:
Use relevant mapping/measurement systems and methods; apply relevant:
referencing systems;
scales;
linear accuracy;
currency;
methods of measurement;
measurement instruments;
Conduct spatial or data collection surveys using appropriate methods, systems and instruments; execute appropriate analysis, synthesis and application of data.
Research:
Implement sound research techniques; identify research problems; formulate:
hypotheses;
objectives;
methodologies;
Conduct research; draw conclusions; make recommendations; demonstrate effective recording of information from documentary or other sources; use appropriate filing systems; distinguish between dependent and independent variables/systematic and random errors.
Technology:
Relative to the construction assembly process: recognize and identify correct application of:
design/buildability;
elements;
components;
materials;
techniques;
equipment;
Interpret documentation and understand the performance potential of materials and components.
Assessment Criteria:
Clear identification of problems;
Planning approaches to address problems;
Clear identification of possible solutions and alternative solutions;
Choice of optimal solution;
Division of tasks into constituent parts to aid comprehension;
Prioritisation of main points in a given task or question;
Identification of logical structures/flaws in statements;
Establishment of reasons for/evidence of the bases of claims or statements;
Co-operation in working across quantity surveying, architectural/engineering design disciplinary boundaries through cross-disciplinary literacy and shared fundamental knowledge;
Identification, evaluation and reporting on design problems to satisfy user-needs, value engineering, applicable standards, codes of practice and legislation;
Planning and managing project and construction processes while focussing on important issues of price, cost, time, value and quality and demonstrating the ability to recognise and deal with constraints;
Performing management tasks including analysis, quantitative modelling, optimisation of resources and evaluation of alternative solutions to problems;
Exercising judgement, testing implementability and sensitivity analyses;
Communicating project development logic and information; working effectively as an individual or as a team member; demonstrating initiative;
Communication of concepts, ideas and theories with the aid of descriptions, quantification, prices and financial reports;
Communication – effectively, both orally and in writing – with individuals and audiences allied to the construction industry and the community at large, using appropriate media;
Application of methods of providing information for use by others involved in property development schemes, including civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering projects;
Competence to work effectively as an individual or as a team member while performing various roles (as a quantity surveyor) which are critical to the success of any project;
Use of specialised computer systems and packages, networks and information management infrastructure for accessing, processing, communicating, managing and storing information to enhance personal productivity and teamwork;
Demonstration of competence in working effectively as a member of a team or in multi-disciplinary environments;
Demonstration of leadership, management skills and initiative while performing professional functions which are critical to the success of any project;
Demonstration of awareness of the interpersonal and personal needs in terms of investment, social, cultural values and other requirements of all those associated with the creation of the built environment;
Application of knowledge of the law in day-to-day practice, employment, contract administration and management situations;
Application of knowledge of arithmetic and applied mathematics;
Demonstrate competence in dealing with uncertainty and risk through the use of probability and statistics;
Produce, deliver and apply accurate price models, financial reports, and contract administration;
Demonstrate competence in the use of electronic calculators;
Application of fundamental and specialised knowledge of building, civil, electrical and mechanical construction;
Measurement of lengths, areas, volumes related to all forms of construction;
Application of price-estimating techniques from first principles to solve quantity surveying problems;
Application of reason and argument to conceptualising construction and cost, price, worth and value associated with design and construction;
Evaluating alternatives in the interests of added value in project development;
Application of sound research methodology;
Plan and conduct accurate surveys, investigations and analyses using appropriate methods and equipment;
Derive, analyse and accurately interpret information from data;
Compile appropriate research reports;
Develop an awareness of the need for engagement in life-long learning and research;
Application and use of construction and environmental principles, domain knowledge and knowledge of the physical world as a foundation for decision-making and problem-solving in the built environment based on analysis and modelling of development problems, construction components, systems and processes;
Demonstrate ability to work across quantity surveying/architectural/engineering disciplinary boundaries and utilise cross-disciplinary literature and shared fundamental knowledge to enhance project value.
Integrated Assessment:
Learning and assessment are integrated throughout the programme. Continuous formative assessment is applied to ensure that learners receive feedback on their progress towards the achievement of specific learning outcomes. Summative assessment concerned with the evaluation of the learning achievements relative to the exit-level outcomes of the qualification includes “overall integrated assessment” which evaluates the learner`s ability to combine the various components and modules of the broader scope of knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes represented by the exit-level outcomes, as a whole or as individual component-processes of the overall learning experience leading to the qualification.
Assignments, designed to meet the requirements of integrated assessment, accomplish/deliver:
Integration of exit-level outcomes in a way that demonstrates that the purpose of the qualification as a whole has been achieved, either totally or within the components of the study programme;
Demonstration of learner competence through evaluation;
Criterion-referenced assessment:
which has been clearly explained to and is understood by the learners; and
can be applied in the Recognition of Prior Learning.
In the assessment of whether the desired outcomes have been achieved (or not), recognition is given to criteria and evaluation methods that adequately and appropriately achieve such assessment.
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