Course description
BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment | Existing Assessor
This course upskills existing BREEAM Assessors to expand their expertise as a licensed BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment Assessor. This enables you to drive sustainability by assessing and delivering domestic refurbishment BREEAM certified projects in the UK.
BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment provides a methodology, software tool and certification for those responsible for delivering sustainable domestic refurbishment projects. It is designed to help building owners and occupiers save operating costs, reduce the environmental impacts of refurbishments and to increase the sustainability of existing building stock.
This training course enables existing BREEAM Assessors to broaden their expertise, gaining a practical understanding of BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment, and apply to become a licensed assessor under the scheme.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Is it right for me?
To take this course, learners must already be licensed as one of the following:
- EcoHomes Assessor.
- HQM Assessor.
- BRE Global Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor.
- BREEAM UK New Construction Assessor.
- BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit-out Assessor.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
CPD: 14 hours
After completing the course learners will be able to
- Understand sustainable refurbishment and the refurbishment market
- Understand and be confident assessing the technical aspects of the BREEAM UK Domestic Refurbishment scheme.
- Understand the assessment process and support structures in place for the scheme and assessors.
- Gain a brief overview of Health & Safety and Building Regulations in a refurbishment context.
- Understand the differences between the assessment of refurbishments compared to new build.
- Understand the certification process.
- Successfully carry out BREEAM assessments on refurbishment projects.
Successfully passing this course enables you apply for your assessor’s license under the BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment scheme.
Successfully passing this course and examination enables you to apply for your assessor’s license under the BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment scheme.
Training Course Content
The course comprises of approximately 14 hours of own-pace online training material introducing you to the BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment scheme. This is followed by an optional classroom/ virtual event focusing on technical aspects of the scheme.
Online self-study course content:
- Resources: technical manuals, guidance notes, and exercise workbook
- Categoreis and issues for BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment
- Examination Information
Classroom/ virtual classroom Training
This 4 hour event enables learners to interact with a BREEAM trainer and to go through the technical issues of this scheme and includes a question and answer (Q&A) session. Please note that the examination does not take place during this event.
Examinations
The course programme concludes with one online examination, set at a day and time to be agreed between the learner and ProctorU, who invigilate examinations on behalf of BRE Academy. The examination must be passed for learners to be classified as competent:
- BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment Technical examination
The exam is in an ‘open book’ format, meaning you can use any documents related to the course to aid you.
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