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About the course
This proposed outline focuses on managing public assets across their service life. You will connect asset information, condition and maintenance needs with budgets and infrastructure investment decisions.
What you'll learn
- Organise an asset register suitable for condition and service-planning decisions.
- Prioritise maintenance or renewal using evidence of condition, service need and cost.
- Compare infrastructure options with a clear appraisal of resources and risks.
- Prepare an asset-management proposal linking actions, budgets and performance measures.
Requirements
- Entry requires a relevant National Certificate or A Level subjects in the field. English Language is required. A completed National Diploma may support second-year entry to a related degree only after BMIT approves module equivalence and any professional requirements.
- African Kalanga is a compulsory graduation subject in every year of this programme. BMIT confirms the approved entry route, any recognition of prior learning and access to required practical facilities before enrolment.
Course content
Sections: 5
•Activities: 1
•Resources: 28
Subjects in this programme
The programme combines supporting studies, specialist subjects and practical integration. Each subject below includes its learning focus, outcomes, practice and assessment.
22 subjects are listed below, with a short description of each. The Subject descriptions tab contains the learning outcomes, topics, practical tasks and assessments.
Specialist subjects
- Public Sector Organisation And Governance. Explore the coordination of people, resources and decisions to deliver a defined service. Practice centres on an operational plan and service-improvement report, drawing on organisational purpose and responsibilities and work planning and resource allocation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check feasibility, accountability and evidence of service performance.
- Principles Of Management. Explore the coordination of people, resources and decisions to deliver a defined service. Practice centres on an operational plan and service-improvement report, drawing on organisational purpose and responsibilities and work planning and resource allocation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check feasibility, accountability and evidence of service performance.
- Project Management In Public Sector. Explore the planning and control of a defined project. Practice centres on a project plan with a progress and completion report, drawing on problem, objectives and scope and activities, dependencies and schedules. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the consistency of scope, resources, timing and evidence of completion.
- Public Sector Finance. Explore financial planning and decisions supported by cash-flow and risk information. Practice centres on a financial appraisal with sensitivity calculations, drawing on financial objectives and cash-flow information and funding sources and financing costs. You will record findings, justify decisions and check affordability, cash timing and the effect of changed assumptions.
- Tax Law And Practice 1. Explore the analysis of taxable transactions and supporting compliance evidence. Practice centres on a fictional tax-computation and supporting-record file, drawing on tax bases and types of obligation and taxpayer and transaction identification. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the applicable rule, period, arithmetic and evidence behind each figure.
- Tax Law And Practice 2. Explore the analysis of taxable transactions and supporting compliance evidence. Practice centres on a fictional tax-computation and supporting-record file, drawing on tax bases and types of obligation and taxpayer and transaction identification. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the applicable rule, period, arithmetic and evidence behind each figure.
- Corporate Finance 1. Explore financial planning and decisions supported by cash-flow and risk information. Practice centres on a financial appraisal with sensitivity calculations, drawing on financial objectives and cash-flow information and funding sources and financing costs. You will record findings, justify decisions and check affordability, cash timing and the effect of changed assumptions.
- Financial Accounting And Reporting 2. Explore the recording of transactions and preparation of financial information. Practice centres on an accounting file from source documents to financial statements, drawing on source documents and the accounting equation and double-entry records and journals. You will record findings, justify decisions and check completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
- Financial Accounting And Reporting 1. Explore the recording of transactions and preparation of financial information. Practice centres on an accounting file from source documents to financial statements, drawing on source documents and the accounting equation and double-entry records and journals. You will record findings, justify decisions and check completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
- Public Sector Accounting 1. Explore the recording of transactions and preparation of financial information. Practice centres on an accounting file from source documents to financial statements, drawing on source documents and the accounting equation and double-entry records and journals. You will record findings, justify decisions and check completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
- Business Research Methods. Explore the design of a focused investigation using traceable evidence. Practice centres on a research proposal and small investigation, drawing on problem definition and research questions and finding and evaluating literature. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.
- Principles Of Economics. Explore the interpretation of economic choices, markets and resource constraints. Practice centres on an economic case analysis with a simple data display, drawing on scarcity, incentives and opportunity cost and demand, supply and price formation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the assumptions behind the explanation and the distribution of effects.
Foundations and shared practice
- National Studies. Explore the relationship between citizenship, public institutions and working life. Practice centres on a local public-service case review, drawing on constitutional principles and public institutions and citizenship and civic responsibilities. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
- Entrepreneurial Skills Development. Explore the development of a viable small enterprise from a defined customer need. Practice centres on a small-enterprise plan and test record, drawing on customer problems and enterprise opportunities and products, services and value propositions. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.
Practical integration
- On The Job Education And Training. Apply your learning through agreed duties in a supervised workplace. You will connect public sector organisation and governance, principles of management with routine service or production responsibilities. Keep evidence of preparation, work completed and feedback. Review your progress with the supervisor and explain how your decisions affect quality, safety and other people.
- Skills Proficiency. Demonstrate the practical skills developed across the programme. Tasks integrate public sector organisation and governance, principles of management within an agreed work brief. You will prepare resources, carry out the authorised task and check the result. Your evidence should show consistent performance, accurate records and an explanation of decisions within your learner role.
Specialist applications
- Asset Identification and Condition Records. Explore the organisation, retrieval and preservation of trustworthy records. Practice centres on a records-system design and retrieval-test portfolio, drawing on record types, provenance and business context and classification, indexing and metadata. You will record findings, justify decisions and check provenance, consistent classification, access controls and retrieval accuracy.
- Asset Maintenance and Renewal Planning. Explore the preparation, upkeep and reliable operation of equipment and work processes. Practice centres on an equipment or process maintenance and verification portfolio, drawing on system purpose and operating requirements and technical records and equipment condition. You will record findings, justify decisions and check condition evidence, task authorisation and recorded function checks.
- Infrastructure Investment Appraisal. Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
- Infrastructure Delivery and Performance Monitoring. Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
African History and Pan Africanism
- African History and Pan Africanism 101 (Level 1, compulsory core module): Study African history through oral, written and archaeological evidence. Examine the diversity of African societies, knowledge and exchange, then trace the emergence of Pan African ideas about identity, solidarity and self-determination.
- African History and Pan Africanism 201 (Level 2, compulsory core module): Examine colonial change, resistance and liberation across Africa, with attention to Zimbabwe and South Africa. Compare Pan African movements, organisations and debates, including contributions from women, workers and diaspora communities.
Assessment and practical learning
- Suggested learning checks: analyse applied problems and justify your decisions using relevant evidence.
- Suggested practical assessment: complete a supervised project or portfolio with a clear method, results and evaluation.
- Present and defend your recommendations, then revise the work in response to assessor feedback.
Practical application
Develop a maintenance and renewal proposal for a fictional water network, public-building portfolio or road section. Use supplied condition records to rank actions, estimate costs and define measures for checking service improvement.
African History and Pan Africanism practical learning
- African History and Pan Africanism 101: Create an annotated timeline or digital learning poster on a selected African society or historical development. Compare at least two credible sources and explain one connection with your field of study.
- African History and Pan Africanism 201: Develop a comparative case study of a liberation issue or Pan African debate relevant to Southern Africa. Use a historical document alongside a scholarly account and explain differences in purpose and interpretation.
Subject descriptions
Each subject below includes its purpose, learning outcomes, main topics, practical task and assessment approach.
Public Sector Organisation And Governance
Specialist subjects
Explore the coordination of people, resources and decisions to deliver a defined service. Practice centres on an operational plan and service-improvement report, drawing on organisational purpose and responsibilities and work planning and resource allocation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check feasibility, accountability and evidence of service performance.
Learning outcomes
- Translate a service objective into responsibilities and work steps.
- Use records and performance measures to identify an operating problem.
- Recommend an improvement with clear actions and ownership.
Main topics
- Organisational purpose and responsibilities
- Work planning and resource allocation
- Procedures, records and internal controls
- Team coordination and problem solving
- Performance measures and service quality
- Accountability, review and improvement
Practical task
For Public Sector Organisation And Governance, prepare an operational plan and service-improvement report in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of feasibility, accountability and evidence of service performance.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Principles Of Management
Specialist subjects
Explore the coordination of people, resources and decisions to deliver a defined service. Practice centres on an operational plan and service-improvement report, drawing on organisational purpose and responsibilities and work planning and resource allocation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check feasibility, accountability and evidence of service performance.
Learning outcomes
- Translate a service objective into responsibilities and work steps.
- Use records and performance measures to identify an operating problem.
- Recommend an improvement with clear actions and ownership.
Main topics
- Organisational purpose and responsibilities
- Work planning and resource allocation
- Procedures, records and internal controls
- Team coordination and problem solving
- Performance measures and service quality
- Accountability, review and improvement
Practical task
For Principles Of Management, prepare an operational plan and service-improvement report in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of feasibility, accountability and evidence of service performance.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Project Management In Public Sector
Specialist subjects
Explore the planning and control of a defined project. Practice centres on a project plan with a progress and completion report, drawing on problem, objectives and scope and activities, dependencies and schedules. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the consistency of scope, resources, timing and evidence of completion.
Learning outcomes
- Translate a project brief into a workable plan.
- Track progress, expenditure and changes against the plan.
- Evaluate delivery and identify practical improvements.
Main topics
- Problem, objectives and scope
- Activities, dependencies and schedules
- Resources, budgets and procurement needs
- Stakeholders and communication
- Risk, quality and change control
- Progress measures, completion and lessons
Practical task
For Project Management In Public Sector, prepare a project plan with a progress and completion report in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the consistency of scope, resources, timing and evidence of completion.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Public Sector Finance
Specialist subjects
Explore financial planning and decisions supported by cash-flow and risk information. Practice centres on a financial appraisal with sensitivity calculations, drawing on financial objectives and cash-flow information and funding sources and financing costs. You will record findings, justify decisions and check affordability, cash timing and the effect of changed assumptions.
Learning outcomes
- Interpret financial records for a defined decision.
- Compare financing or investment options using consistent assumptions.
- Present a recommendation with cash-flow and risk evidence.
Main topics
- Financial objectives and cash-flow information
- Funding sources and financing costs
- Working capital and liquidity
- Time value of money and investment appraisal
- Risk, return and sensitivity
- Financial recommendations and supporting records
Practical task
For Public Sector Finance, prepare a financial appraisal with sensitivity calculations in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of affordability, cash timing and the effect of changed assumptions.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Tax Law And Practice 1
Specialist subjects
Explore the analysis of taxable transactions and supporting compliance evidence. Practice centres on a fictional tax-computation and supporting-record file, drawing on tax bases and types of obligation and taxpayer and transaction identification. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the applicable rule, period, arithmetic and evidence behind each figure.
Learning outcomes
- Identify the tax issue raised by a fictional transaction.
- Prepare a traceable calculation using supplied applicable rules.
- Explain uncertainty and identify information requiring professional review.
Main topics
- Tax bases and types of obligation
- Taxpayer and transaction identification
- Records, periods and supporting schedules
- Calculation principles and reconciliation
- Filing, queries and review processes
- Current authority, ethical judgement and referral
Practical task
For Tax Law And Practice 1, prepare a fictional tax-computation and supporting-record file in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the applicable rule, period, arithmetic and evidence behind each figure.
Assessment
Direct observation of the task, the completed output and oral explanation of the method. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Tax Law And Practice 2
Specialist subjects
Explore the analysis of taxable transactions and supporting compliance evidence. Practice centres on a fictional tax-computation and supporting-record file, drawing on tax bases and types of obligation and taxpayer and transaction identification. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the applicable rule, period, arithmetic and evidence behind each figure.
Learning outcomes
- Identify the tax issue raised by a fictional transaction.
- Prepare a traceable calculation using supplied applicable rules.
- Explain uncertainty and identify information requiring professional review.
Main topics
- Tax bases and types of obligation
- Taxpayer and transaction identification
- Records, periods and supporting schedules
- Calculation principles and reconciliation
- Filing, queries and review processes
- Current authority, ethical judgement and referral
Practical task
For Tax Law And Practice 2, prepare a fictional tax-computation and supporting-record file in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the applicable rule, period, arithmetic and evidence behind each figure.
Assessment
Direct observation of the task, the completed output and oral explanation of the method. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Corporate Finance 1
Specialist subjects
Explore financial planning and decisions supported by cash-flow and risk information. Practice centres on a financial appraisal with sensitivity calculations, drawing on financial objectives and cash-flow information and funding sources and financing costs. You will record findings, justify decisions and check affordability, cash timing and the effect of changed assumptions.
Learning outcomes
- Interpret financial records for a defined decision.
- Compare financing or investment options using consistent assumptions.
- Present a recommendation with cash-flow and risk evidence.
Main topics
- Financial objectives and cash-flow information
- Funding sources and financing costs
- Working capital and liquidity
- Time value of money and investment appraisal
- Risk, return and sensitivity
- Financial recommendations and supporting records
Practical task
For Corporate Finance 1, prepare a financial appraisal with sensitivity calculations in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of affordability, cash timing and the effect of changed assumptions.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Financial Accounting And Reporting 2
Specialist subjects
Explore the recording of transactions and preparation of financial information. Practice centres on an accounting file from source documents to financial statements, drawing on source documents and the accounting equation and double-entry records and journals. You will record findings, justify decisions and check completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
Learning outcomes
- Record transactions using appropriate accounts and source evidence.
- Reconcile records and correct identified errors.
- Prepare financial information with a clear supporting audit trail.
Main topics
- Source documents and the accounting equation
- Double-entry records and journals
- Ledgers, trial balance and error correction
- Reconciliation and period-end adjustments
- Financial statements and supporting schedules
- Internal controls and interpretation of results
Practical task
For Financial Accounting And Reporting 2, prepare an accounting file from source documents to financial statements in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Financial Accounting And Reporting 1
Specialist subjects
Explore the recording of transactions and preparation of financial information. Practice centres on an accounting file from source documents to financial statements, drawing on source documents and the accounting equation and double-entry records and journals. You will record findings, justify decisions and check completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
Learning outcomes
- Record transactions using appropriate accounts and source evidence.
- Reconcile records and correct identified errors.
- Prepare financial information with a clear supporting audit trail.
Main topics
- Source documents and the accounting equation
- Double-entry records and journals
- Ledgers, trial balance and error correction
- Reconciliation and period-end adjustments
- Financial statements and supporting schedules
- Internal controls and interpretation of results
Practical task
For Financial Accounting And Reporting 1, prepare an accounting file from source documents to financial statements in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Public Sector Accounting 1
Specialist subjects
Explore the recording of transactions and preparation of financial information. Practice centres on an accounting file from source documents to financial statements, drawing on source documents and the accounting equation and double-entry records and journals. You will record findings, justify decisions and check completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
Learning outcomes
- Record transactions using appropriate accounts and source evidence.
- Reconcile records and correct identified errors.
- Prepare financial information with a clear supporting audit trail.
Main topics
- Source documents and the accounting equation
- Double-entry records and journals
- Ledgers, trial balance and error correction
- Reconciliation and period-end adjustments
- Financial statements and supporting schedules
- Internal controls and interpretation of results
Practical task
For Public Sector Accounting 1, prepare an accounting file from source documents to financial statements in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of completeness, classification, arithmetic and reconciliation.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Business Research Methods
Specialist subjects
Explore the design of a focused investigation using traceable evidence. Practice centres on a research proposal and small investigation, drawing on problem definition and research questions and finding and evaluating literature. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.
Learning outcomes
- Formulate a question suited to the available evidence and resources.
- Collect and analyse information using a documented method.
- Present conclusions supported by findings and stated limitations.
Main topics
- Problem definition and research questions
- Finding and evaluating literature
- Sampling and data-collection choices
- Consent, confidentiality and research integrity
- Organising and analysing evidence
- Interpreting results and reporting limitations
Practical task
For Business Research Methods, prepare a research proposal and small investigation in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Principles Of Economics
Specialist subjects
Explore the interpretation of economic choices, markets and resource constraints. Practice centres on an economic case analysis with a simple data display, drawing on scarcity, incentives and opportunity cost and demand, supply and price formation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the assumptions behind the explanation and the distribution of effects.
Learning outcomes
- Explain an economic relationship using a relevant example.
- Interpret an economic indicator without overstating its meaning.
- Compare the effects of a market or policy change on different participants.
Main topics
- Scarcity, incentives and opportunity cost
- Demand, supply and price formation
- Production, costs and market structures
- Income, employment and inflation
- Money, finance and exchange-rate effects
- Policy choices and evidence-based interpretation
Practical task
For Principles Of Economics, prepare an economic case analysis with a simple data display in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the assumptions behind the explanation and the distribution of effects.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
National Studies
Foundations and shared practice
Explore the relationship between citizenship, public institutions and working life. Practice centres on a local public-service case review, drawing on constitutional principles and public institutions and citizenship and civic responsibilities. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
Learning outcomes
- Explain the role of public institutions in a community issue.
- Compare perspectives using identifiable evidence.
- Prepare a reasoned civic or workplace contribution.
Main topics
- Constitutional principles and public institutions
- Citizenship and civic responsibilities
- Zimbabwean history and national development
- Cultural diversity and community participation
- Work, enterprise and public services
- Evidence, public debate and responsible participation
Practical task
For National Studies, prepare a local public-service case review in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Entrepreneurial Skills Development
Foundations and shared practice
Explore the development of a viable small enterprise from a defined customer need. Practice centres on a small-enterprise plan and test record, drawing on customer problems and enterprise opportunities and products, services and value propositions. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.
Learning outcomes
- Define a customer need and a practical enterprise response.
- Estimate resources, costs and cash requirements.
- Revise a business proposal using evidence from a small market test.
Main topics
- Customer problems and enterprise opportunities
- Products, services and value propositions
- Startup resources and operating costs
- Pricing, cash flow and basic records
- Market testing and customer feedback
- Business risks, responsibilities and growth choices
Practical task
For Entrepreneurial Skills Development, prepare a small-enterprise plan and test record in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
On The Job Education And Training
Practical integration
Apply your learning through agreed duties in a supervised workplace. You will connect public sector organisation and governance, principles of management with routine service or production responsibilities. Keep evidence of preparation, work completed and feedback. Review your progress with the supervisor and explain how your decisions affect quality, safety and other people.
Learning outcomes
- Complete agreed duties within the supervised role.
- Maintain a traceable record of work and feedback.
- Evaluate progress and identify specific development needs.
Main topics
- Workplace induction and agreed duties
- Applying technical knowledge to real work
- Work records and evidence of contribution
- Team communication and professional conduct
- Supervisor feedback and skills development
- Reflective review and future learning priorities
Practical task
Complete supervised duties linked to National Diploma in Public Sector Asset and Infrastructure Management. Keep a logbook, samples of permitted work and supervisor feedback.
Assessment
Assessment uses the agreed work plan, supervisor observation, work evidence and an individual reflective discussion.
Skills Proficiency
Practical integration
Demonstrate the practical skills developed across the programme. Tasks integrate public sector organisation and governance, principles of management within an agreed work brief. You will prepare resources, carry out the authorised task and check the result. Your evidence should show consistent performance, accurate records and an explanation of decisions within your learner role.
Learning outcomes
- Plan and complete an integrated task to agreed criteria.
- Demonstrate safe and consistent practical performance.
- Explain the result and correct identified weaknesses.
Main topics
- Interpreting an integrated work brief
- Preparing tools, information and resources
- Demonstrating the required technical skills
- Checking output against agreed criteria
- Responding to faults and assessor feedback
- Presenting evidence and explaining decisions
Practical task
Develop a maintenance and renewal proposal for a fictional water network, public-building portfolio or road section. Use supplied condition records to rank actions, estimate costs and define measures for checking service improvement.
Assessment
Direct observation, the completed output, a quality-check record and oral questions provide the evidence for this subject.
Asset Identification and Condition Records
Specialist applications
Explore the organisation, retrieval and preservation of trustworthy records. Practice centres on a records-system design and retrieval-test portfolio, drawing on record types, provenance and business context and classification, indexing and metadata. You will record findings, justify decisions and check provenance, consistent classification, access controls and retrieval accuracy.
Learning outcomes
- Classify and describe records for a stated service need.
- Apply a documented retrieval, retention or preservation procedure.
- Evaluate access and record integrity using a practical sample.
Main topics
- Record types, provenance and business context
- Classification, indexing and metadata
- Capture, storage and retrieval procedures
- Retention, appraisal and disposal decisions
- Access, confidentiality and preservation
- Service evaluation and documented controls
Practical task
For Asset Identification and Condition Records, prepare a records-system design and retrieval-test portfolio in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of provenance, consistent classification, access controls and retrieval accuracy.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Asset Maintenance and Renewal Planning
Specialist applications
Explore the preparation, upkeep and reliable operation of equipment and work processes. Practice centres on an equipment or process maintenance and verification portfolio, drawing on system purpose and operating requirements and technical records and equipment condition. You will record findings, justify decisions and check condition evidence, task authorisation and recorded function checks.
Learning outcomes
- Plan a maintenance or operating task from technical information.
- Use inspection evidence to identify a justified action.
- Document the work and verify the result against stated criteria.
Main topics
- System purpose and operating requirements
- Technical records and equipment condition
- Work preparation, resources and authorisation
- Inspection, fault reasoning and maintenance choices
- Function tests and return-to-service evidence
- Reliability, downtime and improvement records
Practical task
For Asset Maintenance and Renewal Planning, prepare an equipment or process maintenance and verification portfolio in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of condition evidence, task authorisation and recorded function checks.
Assessment
Direct observation of the task, the completed output and oral explanation of the method. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Infrastructure Investment Appraisal
Specialist applications
Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
Learning outcomes
- Represent a defined load case with a clear structural model.
- Calculate a relevant force, stress or deformation.
- Evaluate the result against the stated assumptions and constraints.
Main topics
- Loads, supports and equilibrium
- Stress, strain and material response
- Axial force, shear and bending
- Deflection and serviceability concepts
- Member behaviour and connection principles
- Calculation checks and technical presentation
Practical task
For Infrastructure Investment Appraisal, prepare a structural calculation and diagram portfolio in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
Infrastructure Delivery and Performance Monitoring
Specialist applications
Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
Learning outcomes
- Represent a defined load case with a clear structural model.
- Calculate a relevant force, stress or deformation.
- Evaluate the result against the stated assumptions and constraints.
Main topics
- Loads, supports and equilibrium
- Stress, strain and material response
- Axial force, shear and bending
- Deflection and serviceability concepts
- Member behaviour and connection principles
- Calculation checks and technical presentation
Practical task
For Infrastructure Delivery and Performance Monitoring, prepare a structural calculation and diagram portfolio in a public sector asset and infrastructure management setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
Assessment
Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.
African History and Pan Africanism 101
Compulsory core module · Level 1
Study African history through oral, written and archaeological evidence. Examine the diversity of African societies, knowledge and exchange, then trace the emergence of Pan African ideas about identity, solidarity and self-determination.
Learning outcomes
- Place selected African societies and events within a supported historical timeline.
- Compare historical sources and identify perspective, evidence and uncertainty.
- Explain the foundations of Pan Africanism and the contributions of Africans and the diaspora.
Main topics
- Historical inquiry, chronology, oral traditions and source evaluation
- African civilisations, states, trade, livelihoods and knowledge systems
- Southern African history, including Mapungubgwe and Great Zimbabwe
- Slavery, the African diaspora and changing ideas about identity
- Origins of Pan Africanism, solidarity, self-determination and cultural expression
Practical task
Create an annotated timeline or digital learning poster on a selected African society or historical development. Compare at least two credible sources and explain one connection with your field of study.
Assessment
Submit the timeline or poster, an annotated source list and a short explanation of the evidence. Assessment considers chronology, historical accuracy, source judgement and the clarity of your interpretation.
Learning resources
African History and Pan Africanism 201
Compulsory core module · Level 2
Examine colonial change, resistance and liberation across Africa, with attention to Zimbabwe and South Africa. Compare Pan African movements, organisations and debates, including contributions from women, workers and diaspora communities.
Learning outcomes
- Analyse the effects of colonial rule on land, labour, institutions and social relations.
- Compare liberation movements and Pan African arguments using contextual evidence.
- Explain how different groups shaped independence, solidarity and debates about freedom.
Main topics
- Colonial rule, land, labour, education and forms of resistance
- Nationalism, liberation and the end of colonial rule and apartheid
- Pan African congresses, organisations and contrasting interpretations
- Women, labour movements and diaspora participation
- The Organisation of African Unity and debates about unity, sovereignty and development
Practical task
Develop a comparative case study of a liberation issue or Pan African debate relevant to Southern Africa. Use a historical document alongside a scholarly account and explain differences in purpose and interpretation.
Assessment
Submit the case study, a source comparison and a reflection on your conclusions. Assessment considers context, evidence, recognition of different perspectives and the quality of your argument.
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Course modified date: 13 October 2026
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