Overview
A career in construction management is diverse. Step up to the challenge of managing stakeholders, contractors, budgets and timelines to build commercial and residential developments.
Develop the knowledge and technical skills to deliver construction projects safely, and build confidence in managing the process from start to finish.
Studying Construction Management at RMIT, Charles is putting his new skills right into practice working on a major project at Parliament House.
Construction management is not just about building sites: it’s about the bigger picture. Develop the skills to manage people and resources to ensure the safe delivery of buildings.
In this degree, you’ll gain extensive knowledge of developments in urban cities, the increasing need for residential and commercial properties, and the renovation of elements of the built environment.
Developed in response to industry demand, the courses in this degree will take you through the skills you need in planning, coordination and control of a project, from inception through to to completion.
Career
Work as a construction manager on new commercial and residential developments.
With the increasing need for new residential and commercial developments, and construction jobs on the rise, construction managers are highly in demand.
You will organised and manage a vast number of people in the building procurement process, and you’ll require good people management skills and an ability to work in teams.
A construction management degree qualifies you to work as a:
site manager, responsible for managing the construction site
construction manager, responsible for site management or running entire construction projects, ranging from housing through to multi storey buildings
quantity surveyor, assisting with cost planning, analysis, management and control of construction projects
projects manager, moving beyond the construction aspects of a project and managing the entire process from various stages of design through to completion and handover.
Your skills will also equip you to work in industries beyond construction, including engineering, architecture, economics and law.
You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent senior secondary school qualification) with a minimum 65% average (check calculator below).
Equivalent qualifications may also include completion of the RMIT Foundation Studies program or a recognized post secondary diploma in the relevant discipline with the required grades
Meeting the minimum academic requirements does not guarantee entry. Your application will still need to be assessed and accepted.
