Prospectus Quantity Surveyor
Prospectus Quantity Surveyor
REMARKS
Admission requirement(s):
A National Diploma: Building or an equivalent NQF Level 6 (old NQF and new HEQF) qualifica-
tion obtained from an accredited South African university.
Holders of any other equivalent South African or international qualifications may also be
considered, but will have to apply at least six months in advance for the recognition of such
qualifications. Candidates will be required to submit an evaluation of their qualifications by the
South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) with their application forms for admission. The
University and/or Faculty reserves the right to assess these qualifications and the applicant’s
suitability and/or competence for admission to the programme. Depending on the nature of
such an equivalent qualification, the completion of certain additional subjects may be required.
Proof of English proficiency may be required.
Selection criteria:
To be considered for the qualification candidates must have:
- A minimum NDAPS score of 1 200 (table available at the Department).
- A final mark of 60% or more for Quantity Surveying III, Construction Technology III and
Price Analysis and Estimating III (three final-year modules of the Diploma).
- For each time any of these modules were failed, a 10% will be deducted.
Assessment procedure:
All applications received by the published due dates (as indicated on page 3) will be ranked
according to the NDAPS scores achieved. After consideration of the Departmental Student
Enrolment Plan (SEP), only the highest ranked candidates will be accepted to fill the available
places. A waiting list consisting of the remainder of the candidates will provide an opportunity
for candidates to fill places created by accepted students failing to meet the enrolment dates.
b. Minimum duration:
One year.
c. Presentation:
Evening or block-mode classes.
h. Subject credits:
Subject credits are shown in brackets after each subject.
Key to asterisks:
* Information does not correspond to information in Report 151.
(Deviations approved by the Senate in August 2005.)
CURRICULUM
FIRST OR SECOND SEMESTER
A student may register for a maximum of three first-time subjects per semester. The subjects
presented in each semester will depend on the number of students per group.
B
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IV (BEP401T) 1 X 3-HOUR PAPER
(Subject custodian: Department of Building Sciences)
Financing and establishing a business. Income tax. Budget control. Costing and cost control. Incentives.
Entrepreneurship and business management as applied in the building industry. (Total tuition time: ± 180 hours)
C
CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS IV (CEC401T) 1 X 3-HOUR PAPER
(Subject custodian: Department of Building Sciences)
Introduction to construction and real estate economics, town planning laws and regulations for development. The
property development process. Market research. Feasibility analysis. Executive feasibility reports. Investment
analysis and finance. Risk analysis. Introduction to value engineering and life-cycle costing. Computer applications
for the above. (Total tuition time: ± 180 hours)
M
MARKET VALUATIONS IV (MKV401T) 1 X 3-HOUR PAPER
(Subject custodian: Department of Building Sciences)
Basic principles, concepts and methods of valuations. Comparative selling and income methods, as well as the
cost replacement method. Advantages and disadvantages of those methods and the application of valuation
methods. Expropriation. (Total tuition time: ± 180 hours)
Q
QUANTITY SURVEYING IV (QSU421T) 1 X 5-HOUR PAPER (PRESCRIBED OPEN BOOK)
(Subject custodian: Department of Building Sciences)
Comprehensive study of the measurement and description of more specialised elements of builders’ work, as
well as the procedure for the measurement and documentation of civil engineering work, drawing up of civil
engineering bills of quantities and conditions of contract. Computer applications for all of the above. (Total
tuition time: ± 180 hours)