BREEAM International New Construction | New Assessor

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Course description

BREEAM International New Construction New Assessor

This course equips you with the knowledge and skills to become a licensed BREEAM International New Construction Assessor. This enables you to drive sustainability by assessing and delivering New Construction BREEAM certified projects internationally.

BREEAM International New Construction focuses on mitigating the environmental impacts & improving the performance of new buildings in the international market.

This training course enables you to understand BREEAM International New Construction in terms of technical content and application, equipping you with the skills and confidence to carry out BREEAM assessments on international new builds. Successfully completing this course will allow you to apply to become a BREEAM International New Construction assessor.

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Suitability - Who should attend?

Is it right for me?

There are no formal requirements for this course however, this course is particularly suited to:

Designers.
Construction professionals.
Those interested in building design and minimising environmental impact.

Outcome / Qualification etc.

CPD: 48 hours

After completing the course learners will be able to

Understand the context for BREEAM International New Construction and the new construction market.
Understand and be confident in assessing the technical aspects of the scheme.
Understand the assessment and certification process, and support structures in place for the scheme and assessors.
Navigate the BREEAM International New Construction technical manual.
Successfully carry out BREEAM assessments on new construction projects.

Successfully passing this course enables you to apply for your assessor's license under the BREEAM International New Construction scheme.

Training Course Content

Online training:

This course comprises approximately 30 hours of own-pace online training material introducing you to the BREEAM International New Construction scheme.

Online course material

Resources: Technical Manuals, Guidance Notes and Additional Information.
Introduction
Module 2 – Introducing BREEAM.
Module 3 – Scope and Scheme Classification.
Module 4 – Assessment Practicalities
Module 5 – Assessor Support Networks
Module 6 – Categories
Module 7 – Demonstrating and validating performance
Module 8 – What happens next?
Mock Examinations

Virtual Classroom Training

This course comprises approximately 30 hours of own-pace online training material introducing you to the BREEAM International New Construction scheme. This is followed by a classroom/ virtual event focusing on the technical aspects of the scheme.

Online course material

Resources: Technical Manuals, Guidance Notes and Additional Information.
Introduction
Module 2 – Introducing BREEAM.
Module 3 – Scope and Scheme Classification.
Module 4 – Assessment Practicalities
Module 5 – Assessor Support Networks
Module 6 – Categories
Module 7 – Demonstrating and validating performance
Module 8 – What happens next?
Mock Examinations

Classroom/ virtual training:

Day 1: an initial test based on the online learning programme, followed by an interactive workshop and group activities to understand technical issues in more depth and review issues in a wider context. Topics covered are the BREEAM processes and a review of technical Issues Ene01, Mat01 and Mat03.
Day 2: looks at adapting BREEAM to the different building types and reviews BREEAM in a wider context. It then covers the scope of BREEAM, examination information and the BREEAM Quality Assurance process. In addition, there is a question and answer (Q&A) session.

Examinations

The course concludes with online examinations (3,5 hours), set at a day and time to be agreed between the learner and ProctorU, who invigilate examinations on behalf of BRE Academy. The two examinations must be passed for learners to be classified as competent:

BREEAM General Understanding examination.
BREEAM International NC Technical examination.

Both exams use an ‘open book’ format, meaning you can use any documents related to the course to aid you.

Course delivery details

This course comprises of approximately 30 hours of own-pace online training introducing you to the BREEAM International New Construction scheme.

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100 years of experience in the built environment

More than 13,000 learners since 2015

100s of hours of CPD content for built environment professionals

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BRE Academy

The BRE Academy is the leading training provider for the built environment. Most courses are developed by BRE – a science research hub with 100 years of experience in safety and sustainability. As a profit-for-purpose, all fees go towards further...