PRACTICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING
2025-09-05, 2025-10-23, 2025-11-20, 2025-12-11 | 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BD, 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BD, United Kingdom
PRACTICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Practical Project Management Training Overview:
This new practical project management course aims to provide an overall awareness of the many aspects of project management. Successful project management relies on the application of sound principles, practice, methodology, techniques, and, above all, people. It is specifically designed for individuals who want a quick but comprehensive insight into the fundamental aspects of project management without undergoing lengthy, in-depth formal qualification-oriented training. This training course has been designed and will be delivered by a very experience practicing project manager and project director.
Project management is a skill in itself, this course will provide you with the valuable techniques to become a productive and high quality project manager.
Aims and objectives:
The primary aim of this practical project management training course is to provide learners with an understanding of project management and how projects differ from normal “Business as Usual” activities. The course introduces practical key principles of project management and provides an overview of techniques/tools that help deliver projects on time and within budget, while meeting quality and performance criteria. By understanding these techniques, learners can adopt a structured practical approach to managing projects across various industries and business sectors.
Course strategy:
The course features experienced tutor-led presentations/workshop linked to a predetermined case studies. Students actively participate in their learning experience by working through a generic project management process during workshops. The focus is on covering all fundamental aspects of project management within a workshop environment.
Duration of Course:
This course is scheduled for one full day.
Intended Audience:

Introduction to Project Management
Project Initiation, Planning, Cost Monitoring, and Reporting
Risk Management
Project Execution and Control
Communication and Stakeholder Management
Project Closure and Lessons Learned
Tools and Techniques
Case Studies, Good Practices, and Practical Exercises

Learning outcomes:
Upon completing the course, individuals will have learned the basics of the project management process and the benefits of a structured approach to project management. They will also become familiar with the general terminology used by the project management community.
For students considering a career in project management, this course provides essential knowledge as a stepping stone toward more formal project management training and qualifications. Even for those working on the periphery of projects or not pursuing a project management career, it offers a solid understanding of basic principles and terminology used by project management professionals.

ILM Level 3 in Construction
2025-09-10 - 2025-09-12, 2025-11-10 - 2025-11-12
ILM Level 3 in Construction Award & Certificate for the Construction Industry

Management is a universally useful skill that is required by all sectors of work. From SME’s to global conglomerates, being a good manager makes you a useful member of any team. Management is used in every sector but this ILM Level 3 in construction qualification is aimed at the construction industry. This course will give you skills that you can use in any sector as well as a lot of management skills specific to the construction and built environment.

What makes management within the construction industry any different to management in an office environment? In the construction industry you will be required to know a lot more health and safety standards, you will have higher risks than a manager in an office and this will affect the amount of time you put in to risk assessments. This qualification will give you the tools that you need to become a manager within the construction industry.

This ILM Level 3 in construction Award and Certificate in Leadership and Management qualification is an entry level qualification for anyone with management responsibilities but no formal qualification. This qualification is aimed at those within the construction and built environment industries.

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Training Venue: 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BD

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Who Should Attend

Anyone in a management or supervisory position within the construction and built environment sector will benefit from this ILM Level in construction 3 Certificate or Award course. This is an entry level qualification but you will need to be in a construction related workplace to complete the assignments. The Certificate can be undertaken to gain the CSCS Gold Card.

Course Content

This course will cover the following:

Leadership and Management Practice for the Construction and Built Environment Sector – This module will help you to develop your management skills specifically in the construction sector. You will learn techniques that can be used within other industries as well as techniques which will be specific to the built environment sector.

Delivery of Site Operations and Logistics – One of the main duties for a manager within the construction industry is being able to understand logistics and use them effectively to ensure the smooth running of site operations. This module will teach you how to deal with logistics on site and how to deliver to specified site operations.

Understanding Commercial Awareness – This module will help a manager within any sector. Every manager will need to be commercially aware and know when a project is not commercially viable, when you might need to bring in more equipment and what to charge or pay for it.

Handling Difficult Situations – A difficult situation can be anything from a disgruntled employee to problems with equipment on site. This module will teach you how to not only deal with the situation but also how to solve it.

Achieving Performance Through People – As a manager your best resources are the people that work for you. You will need to get and develop the best employees to help you to achieve your goals. This module will teach you how to achieve performance using the employees who work for you.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course learners will be able to:

Understand the difference between managing and leading

Manage employees and contractors effectively

Deliver projects to the specs that have been specified

Use logistics to their advantage when working on projects

Understand commercial awareness

Solve problems on and off site

Handle difficult situations

Work to deadlines and achieve project success

Course Format

To complete this ILM Level 3 in construction course you will be required to undertake 15 to 36 credits worth of modules for the Certificate and between 2 and 14 credits for the Award. The course will take between 2 days to several weeks to complete depending on the level of study. For the Certificate the training course will be 7 days of training and you will need to complete 5 assignments. For the Award you will need to sit 3 days of training and then complete 2 assignments. You will only receive your ILM qualification once you have completed all the necessary assignments.

CDM 2015 Training Course
2025-09-29, 2025-10-30
An understanding of the CDM 2015 Regulation
This is our new CDM 2015 training course. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 came into force on 6th April 2015. These changes represent a significant change in the way that health and safety is managed in the construction industry. The key changes that will be covered in our training are:

CDM Coordinator role replaced by a ‘Principal Designer’.
Client duties strengthened.
Client’s “key project advisor” role removed.
Principal Designer and Principal Contractor required for all projects with more than one “trade” Contractor on site.
Construction Phase Plan is required for all projects.
Notification (Threshold).
‘Explicit competence’ requirements removed.
Duties to be applicable to domestic projects.

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 places legal duties for those involved in construction projects. These duties will be explained in our training in 6 modules as shown below:

The Role of the Client:
The roles and responsibilities allocated to clients under CDM regulations
Role of the Principal Designer:
Which responsibilities the principle designers have under the CDM regulations
Role of the Designer:
The roles and responsibilities of designers under CDM regulations
Role of the Principal Contractor:
What responsibilities belong to the principal contractor under CDM regulations
Role of the Contractors:
What roles and responsibilities belong to the contractors under CDM regulations
Role of the Workers:
The roles and responsibilities of workers under the CDM regulations

We run our CDM 2015 training in small classes to ensure the highest quality of training possible. We ensure quality by providing the training through a chartered engineer as our tutor.
If you are interested in our CDM 2015 training course, you can contact us either by telephone or by email.

Phone: 029 21 156 603
Email: Info@CareerChangeWales.co.uk
Venue: 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff. CF10 3BD

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Setting Out Training
2025-10-21 - 2025-10-23, 2025-11-17 - 2025-11-19
Setting Out Training Cardiff
This Setting Out Training Cardiff course has been developed to provide a general overview of basic setting out techniques using manual and electronic equipment related to the transfer of design information to produce data for setting out on site.
Course Aims:
The course will give the candidate a brief insight and understanding of setting out principles and equipment. Candidates will gain practical experiences in the use of manuals and electronic equipment to successfully implement co-ordinated setting out position of points, profiles and batter rails. These will also include on-site calculations and the installation of ‘profiles’ and ‘batter rails’ for trench work, earthwork and road construction.
Course Outline
1. Introduction to setting out
2. Conversion of design information to setting out data
3. Calculation of polar rectangular and grid co-ordinates
4. Levelling operations used in set finished levels
5. Setting out by co-ordinates using electronic survey equipment
6. Setting out by angle and horizontal distance
7. Setting out and installing profile boards and batter rails
8. Survey checks and as-built drawings using digital information
Delivery Methodology:

Presentation by tutor, case study and examples
Practical site setting out (on-site) using EDM – Total Station
Revision and feedback activity

Benefits Perceived by attendees:

Maintain and updating existing skills
Gain practical setting out experience on site with practicing surveyor/engineer

Testimonials
“I completed a training course in Surveying and Setting-Out. The facilities were good and the training was excellent and able to be tailored to my specific needs. Very well informed, tutor used good written and practical aids. They come highly recommended A+++” – Andy Cole
Intended for:
Construction industry professionals who wish to update their existing setting out skills or who are in the early part of their careers and who wish to gain useful practical experience in setting out for construction purposes.
Course Duration: 3 Days
Homework : 3 Day

Topographical Surveying
2025-10-29 - 2025-10-31
Topographical Surveying Training Cardiff Module 1
This Topographical Surveying Training Cardiff has been developed to provide a general overview of basic land surveying and measurement techniques using manual and electronic equipment, transfer of field data to digital terrain modelling software and to produce 2 or 3 dimensional survey output files for computer aided design (CAD).
Course Aims:
The course will give the candidate a brief insight and understanding of surveying principles and equipment.
Candidates will gain practical experience in the use of manual and electronic equipment to successfully carry out levelling surveys and topographical surveys of project sites, and to digitally transfer the topographical field data to Land Surveying Software to produce a 3 dimensional model of the site and output ACAD compatible files for design purposes.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction to land surveying.
2. Levelling operations: a) Height of collimation method; b) Rise and fall method; c) Use of ordnance survey bench marks
3. Use of electronic surveying instruments.
4. Undertaking a topographical survey.
5. Establishment of survey control: a) Three point resection; b) Using digital Ordnance survey maps; c) Using GPS
6. Digital data transfer from survey instruments: a) Leica geo office tools; b) Topcon tools
7. Survey data processing
8. Use of AutoCAD in surveying
Delivery Methodology:

Presentation by tutor
Workshop and case study
Feedback activity

Benefits Perceived by attendees:

Maintain existing and updating surveying skills
Gain practical experience in Land Surveying, on-site working with surveyors and engineers

Intended for:
Construction industry professionals who wish to update their existing surveying skills or who are in the early part of their careers and who wish to gain useful practical experience in land surveying.
Course Duration: 3 Days

Surveying Module 1 – Topographical Surveying
2026-01-05 - 2026-01-07, 2026-02-04 - 2026-02-06, 2026-03-11 - 2026-03-13, 2026-03-31 - 2026-04-02
Topographical Surveying Training Cardiff Module 1
This Topographical Surveying Training Cardiff has been developed to provide a general overview of basic land surveying and measurement techniques using manual and electronic equipment, transfer of field data to digital terrain modelling software and to produce 2 or 3 dimensional survey output files for computer aided design (CAD).
Course Aims:
The course will give the candidate a brief insight and understanding of surveying principles and equipment.
Candidates will gain practical experience in the use of manual and electronic equipment to successfully carry out levelling surveys and topographical surveys of project sites, and to digitally transfer the topographical field data to Land Surveying Software to produce a 3 dimensional model of the site and output ACAD compatible files for design purposes.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction to land surveying.
2. Levelling operations: a) Height of collimation method; b) Rise and fall method; c) Use of ordnance survey bench marks
3. Use of electronic surveying instruments.
4. Undertaking a topographical survey.
5. Establishment of survey control: a) Three point resection; b) Using digital Ordnance survey maps; c) Using GPS
6. Digital data transfer from survey instruments: a) Leica geo office tools; b) Topcon tools
7. Survey data processing
8. Use of AutoCAD in surveying
Delivery Methodology:

Presentation by tutor
Workshop and case study
Feedback activity

Benefits Perceived by attendees:

Maintain existing and updating surveying skills
Gain practical experience in Land Surveying, on-site working with surveyors and engineers

Intended for:
Construction industry professionals who wish to update their existing surveying skills or who are in the early part of their careers and who wish to gain useful practical experience in land surveying.
Course Duration: 3 Days
Homework : 3 Days
General:
Refreshments and lunch will be provided including course notes.

CDM 2015 Training Course
2026-01-12, 2026-02-19, 2026-03-16, 2026-04-01
An understanding of the CDM 2015 Regulation
This is our new CDM 2015 training course. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 came into force on 6th April 2015. These changes represent a significant change in the way that health and safety is managed in the construction industry. The key changes that will be covered in our training are:

CDM Coordinator role replaced by a ‘Principal Designer’.
Client duties strengthened.
Client’s “key project advisor” role removed.
Principal Designer and Principal Contractor required for all projects with more than one “trade” Contractor on site.
Construction Phase Plan is required for all projects.
Notification (Threshold).
‘Explicit competence’ requirements removed.
Duties to be applicable to domestic projects.

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 places legal duties for those involved in construction projects. These duties will be explained in our training in 6 modules as shown below:

The Role of the Client:
The roles and responsibilities allocated to clients under CDM regulations
Role of the Principal Designer:
Which responsibilities the principle designers have under the CDM regulations
Role of the Designer:
The roles and responsibilities of designers under CDM regulations
Role of the Principal Contractor:
What responsibilities belong to the principal contractor under CDM regulations
Role of the Contractors:
What roles and responsibilities belong to the contractors under CDM regulations
Role of the Workers:
The roles and responsibilities of workers under the CDM regulations

We run our CDM 2015 training in small classes to ensure the highest quality of training possible. We ensure quality by providing the training through a chartered engineer as our tutor.
If you are interested in our CDM 2015 training course, you can contact us either by telephone or by email.

Phone: 029 21 156 603
Email: Info@CareerChangeWales.co.uk
Cost: £175 per candidate
Venue: 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff. CF10 3BD
When: Bi-monthly

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Surveying Module 2 – Setting Out Training
2026-01-19 - 2026-01-21, 2026-02-25 - 2026-02-27, 2026-03-18 - 2026-03-20, 2026-04-20 - 2026-04-22
Setting Out Training Cardiff
This Setting Out Training Cardiff course has been developed to provide a general overview of basic setting out techniques using manual and electronic equipment related to the transfer of design information to produce data for setting out on site.
Course Aims:
The course will give the candidate a brief insight and understanding of setting out principles and equipment. Candidates will gain practical experiences in the use of manuals and electronic equipment to successfully implement co-ordinated setting out position of points, profiles and batter rails. These will also include on-site calculations and the installation of ‘profiles’ and ‘batter rails’ for trench work, earthwork and road construction.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction to setting out
2. Conversion of design information to setting out data
3. Calculation of polar rectangular and grid co-ordinates
4. Levelling operations used in set finished levels
5. Setting out by co-ordinates using electronic survey equipment
6. Setting out by angle and horizontal distance
7. Setting out and installing profile boards and batter rails
8. Survey checks and as-built drawings using digital information
Delivery Methodology:

Presentation by tutor, case study and examples
Practical site setting out (on-site) using EDM – Total Station
Revision and feedback activity

Benefits Perceived by attendees:

Maintain and updating existing skills
Gain practical setting out experience on site with practicing surveyor/engineer

Testimonials
“I completed a training course in Surveying and Setting-Out. The facilities were good and the training was excellent and able to be tailored to my specific needs. Very well informed, tutor used good written and practical aids. They come highly recommended A+++” – Andy Cole
Intended for:
Construction industry professionals who wish to update their existing setting out skills or who are in the early part of their careers and who wish to gain useful practical experience in setting out for construction purposes.
Course Duration: 3 Days
Homework : 3 Day
General:
Refreshments and lunch will be provided including course notes.

Banksman Training course (Traffic Marshal Training)
2026-02-18, 2026-03-05, 2026-04-23
Banksman Training course (Traffic Marshal Training)
Banksman training course (Traffic Marshal Training): Health & Safety / Warehouse, Storage & Logistics
Providing your fleet to work in a safe environment with banksman training
What is the role of a banksman?
Introduction:

According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), circa 7 workers die each year as a result of accidents involving vehicles, mobile plant and equipment on construction sites. A role and duties of the vehicle banksman is to be in charge of directing the vehicular movements on a construction site. This includes building construction site, warehouse, and factory by using a system of hand signals or a radio link in order to prevent accidents and keep workers safe. The training will also ensure that any vehicular manoeuvres made during loading and unloading do not put the driver or other within the close vicinity in danger.
Why is the banksman training required?
On many sites, reversing manoeuvres are common, and can be dangerous – particularly in confined spaces and or challenging site conditions. Banksman training ensures that organisations meet their legal requirements and reduce the risk of costly accidents when carrying out large vehicle reversing manoeuvres.
Who is banksman training for? (Traffic Marshal Training)
This banksman training courses are for all those involved in manoeuvring, loading and unloading vehicles. Delegates will learn how to guide large goods vehicles, both rigid and articulated, using the HSE approved code of signals.
This one-day Banksman Duties training course ensures that an organisation meets its obligations to provide training for those involved in the safe guidance of Large Goods Vehicles and reduces the risk of accidents when carrying out common reversing manoeuvres.
Learning Outcomes:

Understand the various causes of accidents involving vehicles at work
Understand the legal responsibilities of the employer for the movement of vehicles
Understand the responsibilities of the Banksman
Understand the risks and control measures involved in the movement of vehicles
Guide Large Goods Vehicles in a confined space in line with legal and best practice requirements
Receive a qualification from a globally recognised provider of health and safety training

Your organisation will also benefit from:

Peace of mind from training when completed this training that can reduce the number and/or cost of accidents caused by reversing vehicles
Flexibility – the course is delivered at a time and location that suits your business
Efficient and effective learning – theory and practical elements are covered in a one-day course, minimising time out of the workplace
Ensuring that your organisation demonstrates its commitment to workplace health and safety

If you have any questions contact us through 029 21 156 603 or email Info@CareerChangeWales.co.uk
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