TVET FIRST
Quan ty Surveying N5
This document includes important informa on about the revised curriculum for Quan ty Surveying N5, scheduled for implementa on in 2021. Contact jayshil.bhula@macmillaneduca on.co.za to request a sample copy of the TVET First approved textbook or visit our website at www.macmillaneduca on.co.za. For best results, use TVET First Quan ty Surveying N5! Major changes in the 2021 curriculum: • The curriculum is divided into four modules with specific requirements for each module. The Learning Outcomes are more specific about the requirements for each sec on. • In Module 1, there is more detail on the types of contracts to be covered. • Methods of tendering in Module 1 is new content. • Measurement (Module 3) provides take-off lists and specifica ons and guidelines for what students should know for each module. Includes mber roof construc on and concrete reinforced structures. • Module 4 on cost management is new. Changes to the previous curriculum
New content in 2021 curriculum
Module 1: Construc on processes
Building contracts. [Types of contract are NEW]
Some of this content was prescribed in the theory sec on of the previous curriculum: the rela onship between the form of contract, drawings, bill of quan es, specifica ons and the Standard System of Measuring.
• List and explain the following building contracts, including their advantages and disadvantages:
The curriculum now specifies the types of contract that the student must know about. Methods of tendering is a new Learning Outcome, and the tendering methods are specified. The curriculum provides more detail for each Learning Outcome and what students need to be able to do in the Learning Outcomes for specifica ons and contract documents. Students now need to know how to prepare a contract document.
– Lump sum contract – Labour only contract – Cost plus contract – Bill of quan
es contract
– Define the schedule of rates. Methods of tendering [NEW] • List and explain the following tendering methods, including their advantages and disadvantages: – open tendering – selec ve tendering – nego ated tendering. • Explain what a nominated supplier and a nominated subcontractor are. Specifica ons (contract document) • Define specifica ons. • Explain the role of specifica ons. • Describe the use of specifica ons.
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