Diploma in Construction (Level 6)

Fiji National University's Diploma in Construction (Level 6) trains students to support tradespeople on construction sites, including carpenters, bricklayers, demolition workers, drywallers, cement finishers and roofers, covering tasks such as moving materials, erecting concrete forms and ramps, mixing and pouring concrete, and assisting with drilling and blasting. Delivered over three years for 360 credit points at the Samabula campus, the programme progresses from construction science, materials, draughting practices, building measurement, services and engineering mathematics in the first year, through building regulation and law, project organisation and further construction technology in the second, to construction programming, building maintenance management, construction management, a building project and industry training in the final year. Entry for fresh school leavers requires a pass in the Fiji School Leaving Certificate with 200 out of 400 marks and at least 50 percent in English, Mathematics, Physics or Technical Drawing or Applied Technology or Chemistry, plus one further science or technology subject; Certificate IV holders, mature applicants with five years of relevant industrial experience, or First Line Supervision certificate holders may also be admitted.