Design Engineer Construct!
Create and inspire the next generation of built environment professionals with Class of Your Own and VQA.
View key dates for the Design Engineer Construct! The Digital Built Environment (RQF).
Design Engineer Construct!® (DEC) is a learning programme developed to create and inspire the next generation of built environment professionals.
VQA partners with Class Of Your Own to deliver these learning programmes, which are available to schools worldwide.
How does it work?
Through a project-based approach, DEC applies pure academic subjects to the latest construction industry practices. The result? Young people with real-world practical experience and employable skills.
There is little public understanding of Built Environment professions, and few young people aspire to a career in this vital sector of the British and global economy. DEC schools and industry will educate and train the future workforce and change the lives of young people.
Supported by industry leaders, professional bodies and progressive universities, DEC delivers an inspiring programme that is up-to-date and in demand by the very people who will employ our children.
Young people aspire to a career in the vital Built Environment sector.
Classroom to career
The beauty of DEC learning programmes is that the skills acquired throughout the course are easily transferable to other subjects. Integral to the activities within the DEC programme are good standards for numeracy and literacy.
Each learning task contains opportunities to explore, demonstrate and develop mathematical knowledge by understanding its application to the world of work. Similarly, literacy skills are enhanced by integrated opportunities to prepare oral and written reports, presentations, feedback and other types of language-based outcomes many of which are presented to industry specialists. DEC also enables learners to explore some of the key themes that challenge society in general through particular examples and projects within the built environment sector.
Many of the students in DEC programmes aspire to attend university, either full-time or part-time, through a recognised employer/apprenticeship scheme.
Class of Your Own encourages all their students to progress and work with some of the most progressive schools of engineering, architecture and the built environment to ensure that they are learning the most up-to-date syllabus to prepare them to hit the ground running in year one.
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TQT - 240 hours
GLH - 120 hours
Price - £33
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TQT - 240 hours
GLH - 120 hours
Price - £33
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TQT - 240 hour
GLH - 120 hours
Price - £44
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TQT - 240 hours
GLH - 120 hours
Price - £33
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TQT - 600 hours
GLH - 360 hours
Price - £110
DEC qualifications
The partnership between COYO and VQA has seen thousands of learners being awarded worldwide.
View fees and pricing for DEC qualifications.
The Level 1 Certificate in Design, Engineer, Construct! and Level 2 Certificate in Design, Engineer, Construct! have been credit rated by the City of Glasgow College to sit on the SCQF framework. The Level 1 certificate has an SCQF Level of 5, attracting 24 credits, while the Level 2 Certificate has an SCQF Level of 6, attracting 24 credits. This information can also be found here. The Level 3 Diploma in Design, Engineer, Construct! attracts full UCAS points. More information can be found here.Resources
Download the Chief Examiner Reports for our level 2 and level 3 DEC qualifications, alongside question papers, resources and mark schemes.
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January & May 2025
VQA Level 2 Certificate in Design, Engineer, Construct The Digital Built Environment (RQF) (603/1992/6)
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VQA Level 3 Certificate in Design, Engineer, Construct The Digital Built Environment (RQF) (603/2052/7)
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VQA Level 3 Diploma in Design, Engineer, Construct The Digital Built Environment (RQF) (603/1993/8)
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Chief Examiner Reports
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Support letter from Higher Education Institutions
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Support letter from post-16 education providers
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Support letter from leading employers and professional bodies
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January & May 2026
Chief Examiner Reports
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VQA Level 2 Certificate in Design, Engineer, Construct The Digital Built Environment (RQF) (603/1992/6)
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VQA Level 3 Diploma in Design, Engineer, Construct The Digital Built Environment (RQF) (603/1993/8)
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Are you ready to start the journey to success?
Get ready to embrace the thrills, challenges, and endless possibilities that await you on this extraordinary journey!
