Engage:

• Designed for the needs of the Entry 3/Level 1 learner in full colour, with a spread-based approach, and topics broken into clear, bite-sized chunks to retain learners’ attention.
• Lively activities, mini case studies and clear checklists and summaries help learners engage with - and remember - content.

Achieve:

• Covers 11 units of the Level 1 specification – enough for a Diploma –and 3 Units at Entry Level 3 – enough for an Award, so you can be confident your learners have the content they need to achieve their qualification.
• Edexcel’s own Assignment tips, written by BTEC experts, help learners to achieve their potential in assessments.
• Activities mapped to the assessment criteria in each unit, provide support and clear direction for learners, helping them to work towards the criteria.

Progress:

• Prepare your learners for employment with a focus on employability skills and definitions of key terms.
• Help your learners progress to BTEC Level 2 First by building their confidence with the style of BTEC qualifications.

• Covers three mandatory and nine specialist units giving you the breadth cover the full diploma, and tailor the course to your learners’ needs and interests.
• Achieve your potential: Each unit contains assessment activities, with grading advice and extension tips, giving your students all the practice and guidance they need to understand and achieve pass, merit and distinction grades.
• Put yourself in the professionals’ shoes: WorkSpace case studies take your learners into the real world of work, showing them how they can apply their knowledge in a real-life context.
• Advice from former students on how to make your learners’ BTEC experience a stepping stone to success.
• Assignment tips: Written by experts, unit-by-unit advice shows learners how to get the most from their BTEC course.
• Student focus: Straight-forward accessible language is used with short text chunks, to keep the content appropriate and engaging for all your students.

The Author Team

They are all experienced teachers of construction and have developed many educational resources and publications across a wide range of construction qualifications.

• Save planning time: Schemes of work and lesson plans help you make the most of your planning time — use them as they stand or edit them to suit your needs.
• Inspirational lesson ideas : A variety of activities for use with assignments or as a starter stimulus for group discussion to support and stretch your learners. Photocopy them as many times as you need.
• It’s easy to update your VLE with BTEC resources : All schemes of work, lesson plans, activity sheets and PowerPoints are stored on a FREE VLE disk , so you can transfer whatever you need onto your VLE in just a couple of easy steps.

Author Team:

Simon Topliss

Has worked for six years as an External Verifier and has taught a variety of Construction resources for eleven years.

Mark Doyle 

Has worked  is senior educational positions for 10 years and has over 15 years of teaching experience.

Ashley Stokes

Has more than twelve years teaching experience.

• Covers all mandatory and specialists units for the certificate in the Construction and the Built Environment pathway, and all the mandatory units for the award in all the pathways, giving you the breadth to tailor the course to your learners’ needs and interests.
• Achieve your potential: Each unit contains assessment activities, with grading advice and extension tips, giving your students all the practice and guidance they need, to achieve the best possible grade they can.
• Put yourself in the professionals’ shoes: WorkSpace case studies take your learners into the real world of work, showing them how they can apply their knowledge in a real-life context.
• Advice from former students on how to make your learners’ BTEC experience a stepping stone to success.
• Edexcel’s Assignment tips: Written by experts in the BTEC team, there’s invaluable unit-by-unit advice on how to get the most from your BTEC course.
• Student focus: Straight-forward accessible language is used with short text chunks, keeping content engaging for learners.

Simon Topliss and Mike Hurst

They bring a wealth of experience to their writing. They have expertise of verifying, specification writing, teaching and developming resources and publications across Construction qualifications and bring you a wide range of engaging and motivating BTEC resources for the 2010 specifications.

• Save planning time: Schemes of work and lesson plans help you make the most of your planning time — use them as they stand or edit them to suit your needs.
• Inspirational lesson ideas: A variety of activities for use with assignments or as a starter stimulus for group discussion to support and stretch your learners. Photocopy them as many times as you need.
• It’s easy to update your VLE with BTEC resources: All schemes of work, lesson plans, activity sheets and PowerPoint are stored on a FREE VLE disk, so you can transfer whatever you need onto your VLE in just a couple of easy steps.

Simon Topliss and Mike Hurst

They bring a wealth of experience to their writing. They have expertise in verifying, specification writing, teaching and developing resources and publications across Construction qualifications and bring you a range of engaging and motivating BTEC resources for the 2010 specifications.

• Offers the unit specification so you have everything you need in one place.
• Delivery plans that offer guidance and support for classroom delivery of each unit
• A bank of activity sheets – 15 per unit – that provide opportunities to develop practical skills, personal, learning and thinking skills, and functional skills within the context of construction.
• Invaluable assessment guidance will give teachers absolute peace of mind they have all the support they need to see their learners through assessment.
• Dedicated guidance on the Project, as well as suggestions for Project themes so teachers can help each learner get started on their Project.

• Offers the unit specification so you have everything you need in one place.
• Delivery plans that offer guidance and support for classroom delivery of each unit
• A bank of activity sheets – 15 per unit – that provide opportunities to develop practical skills, personal, learning and thinking skills, and functional skills within the context of construction.
• Invaluable assessment guidance will give teachers absolute peace of mind they have all the support they need to see their learners through assessment.
• Dedicated guidance on the Project, as well as suggestions for Project themes so teachers can help each learner get started on their Project.

The interactive CD-ROM contains:

• Interactive virtual construction sites to assess skills and knowledge
• Multiple-choice tests help your students to improve their skills, by giving them a means to identifiy their strengths, and potential areas for improvement.
• Over 80 links to useful industry websites, so you stay up-to-date with the industry, and bring the real world of construction to your classes.
• Electronic textbook to engage learners.
• Resources which help explain health and safety and maths and science skills, so you have extra support for the subjects students find most challenging.

• This Teacher Resource Disk contains a PDF of the entire Student Book giving teachers everything they need to plan a lesson in the same place!
• Links to interactive career content from U-Xplore help learners to think about their future career options.
• Functional Skills worksheets offer additional and ready-made activities to ensure that learners develop these skills.
• Sample delivery plans for each unit offer a helping hand for teachers delivering each lesson.
• Special guidance for the Project provides teachers with all the information they need to ensure that students will succeed!

• This Teacher Resource Disk contains a PDF of the entire Student Book giving teachers everything they need to plan a lesson in the same place!
• Links to interactive career content from U-Xplore help learners to think about their future career options.
• Functional Skills worksheets offer additional and ready-made activities to ensure that learners develop these skills.
• Sample delivery plans for each unit offer a helping hand for teachers delivering each lesson.
• Special guidance for the Project provides teachers with all the information they need to ensure that students will succeed!