Borders College

NPA Introduction: practical skills and technical knowledge for brick and block walling and decorative brickwork; sustainable construction and core skills; work placement encouraged. MA: college PDA includes practical skill development, theory, construction drawing, numeracy, measurement, access platforms, science, materials, blockwork, cavity walls, circular walling, cladding to timber-framed structures, complex arch construction, decorative panels and obtuse corners, half brick and one brick walling, substructure walling, openings in walls, setting out masonry structures, H&S, sustainable construction and core skills. SVQ portfolio from on-site work. Advanced Craft PDA Level 7: construction industry and technical communications, arch construction, architectural and feature work, curved walls on plan and elevation, site setting out, and other advanced optional units.