Two new diploma's for Building Services Engineering

From September, a number of colleges around England will be offering two new diplomas for 14-19 year olds that herald a key development in the BSE sector. They will greatly improve the understanding of building services engineering by showing young people how exciting and challenging the industry can be. Even more important for employers, they will improve the quality of the people that we recruit into the industry by teaching work-related skills to meet future staffing needs.

The diplomas, one in Engineering and one in Construction & Built Environment, contain elements that are relevant to building services engineering. They operate at three levels, to ensure an attractive learning route for students of all abilities. The blend of academic and applied learning is more motivating and engaging than either purely theoretical or occupationally-specific training, which will encourage pupils to stay in education and training for longer. They are ground breaking qualifications that will teach young people about building services engineering in ways that directly relate to the working environment. Both diplomas are actively supported by professional organisations and have been accepted by the wider education community, including university admissions tutors who have acknowledged them as an approved route for studying at degree level.