Overview
This Certificate is a four module, 30 credit, part-time programme. The programme provides an opportunity for architectural, engineering, and construction degree graduates, or qualifying students, to acquire effective skills and knowledge in the strategic application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodologies and technologies within a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to building design and construction.
Participants will gain experience in using industry standard technology such as Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, Recap 360, BIM 360 Glue, and BIM 360 Field or other equivalent software. The programme is delivered by academic staff involved in BIM research combined with industry professionals charged with the delivery of BIM projects in Ireland and abroad.
Overall, this award will enhance employment prospects where there is an ever-increasing skills need both nationally and internationally. The programme will build on participants’ existing experience of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector and introduce experience in working within a collaborative environment and enabled by the latest technological advances which support industry.
This programme will also offer a natural stepping-stone in the lifelong learning journey of those who have previously completed the well-established MTU Certificate in Building Information Modelling Technologies programme, which now has over 100 graduates.
Through interaction with the MTU Careers Service in Cork, the student will be provided with the tools to engage in effective Career Planning and Management. Careers education will be facilitated through tailored employability workshops, one- to-one support, relevant career resources and, networking opportunities with employers and recruitment agencies, thus leading to increased job readiness.
Award
Special Purpose Award – Certificate in Applied Building Information Modelling and Management (Level 8, 30 ECTS Credits on the National Framework of Qualifications).