BTEC International Level 3 Construction

Unit 12: Building Surveying in Construction — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 12 (Building Surveying in Construction) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH13 criteria2 learning aims

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

8 criteria

A.P1Describe the different styles and types of residential housing.

A.P2Describe the different methods of traditional and modern construction used for residential housing and their impact on current and future repair and remedial work.

B.P3Describe a range of external and internal defects commonly occurring in residential properties.

B.P4Explain different methods of repair and remediation to a range of internal and external defects of a residential property.

C.P5Perform a building survey, detailing the condition and defects with required remedial works for a residential property.

C.P6Record the findings of the survey in a survey report.

C.P7Perform a measured survey on a residential property.

C.P8Produce accurate scale plans and elevations for a residential property to standard conventions.

Merit

3 criteria

A.M1Discuss the different residential housing styles and types and how their construction methods are applied and their impact on the current and future requirements for repair and remedial work.

B.M2Discuss appropriate repair and remedial measures for a range of external and internal defects for a residential property.

C.M3Produce a comprehensive and detailed building survey, detailing the condition, defects and remedial works required, with plans and elevations for a residential property.

Distinction

2 criteria

A.D1Evaluate the different residential housing styles and types and how their construction methods are applied and their impact on the current and future requirements for repair and remedial work.

BC.D3Demonstrate individual responsibility, creativity and self-management when preparing for and undertaking the building survey and producing the survey report and drawings.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

DescribeExplainPerformRecordProduceDiscussEvaluateDemonstrate

Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

B. Explore different defects and methods of
C. Undertake a building survey of a

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