Construction Project Manager Certificate - Credential As You Go

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Case Study

Construction Project Manager Certificate

Colorado State University, Pueblo

CREDENTIAL TITLE

Construction Project Manager Certificates

CREDENTIAL LEVEL

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

CREDIT/NON-CREDIT # OF CREDITS (IF CREDIT BEARING)

9 credits

INCREMENTAL CREDENTIALING FRAMEWORK APPROACHES

Learn As You Go
Retro As You Go

Stack As You Go

Partner As You Go

Specialize As You Go

Transfer As You Go

Why the Credential Was Developed

The Construction Project Manager Certificate is designed to provide extensive and comprehensive knowledge in controlling and mentoring, planning and management that is required for the construction industry
The Certificate is intended to enhance the current construction industry professional’s body of knowledge with advanced construction industry skills
The program focuses on learners with an entry-level or working knowledge of the construction industry, with the purpose of accelerating the student through various construction management skills

How the Credential Was Developed

Construction management faulty designed the credential to serve students and employees looking for estimating and planning skills separate from a full degree
The certificate is also available for students who left the institution with completed coursework but no degree
The credential is recorded on a student’s transcript when conferred
A certificate document is also provided to the student

The Targeted Learners

Learners with interest in the construction industry
Employees in the construction industry looking to move into management
Previous students with some completed courses in the Construction Management, but not a completed degree

Lessons Learned

The need for a collaborative effort and lift from many different areas on campus: administration, faculty, advising, registrar, admission, to make this as seamless an option for student to opt-in

Top Competencies/Learning Outcomes

Understand the roles of the different parties in construction, project delivery methods, and the different stages of construction, including pre-construction feasibility analysis, value engineering, life cycle analysis, constructability analysis, etc.
Utilize elements, processes, and techniques for planning and scheduling in the construction industry, including Critical Path Method, Precedence Networks, Resource Leveling, Resource Allocation as appropriate
Apply principles of financial management and accounting to the construction industry, both at the company level and at the project level
Employ construction project analysis to financial control including cash flow analysis and management, overhead cost and break-even analysis, time value of money, banking, and bonding, etc.

Credential Components

3 courses from our Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology program:

CET 303 Construction Management
CM 351 Construction Planning and Scheduling
CM 461 Construction Law

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FUNDING STATEMENT

Credential As You Go has acquired three phases of funding to date. Lumina Foundation funded Phase I, resulting in the Incremental Credential Framework for testing. The Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education funds Phase II (Grant R305T210063), which focuses on rapid prototyping of and research on incremental credentials with a national campaign. An anonymous private donor fund at the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy at George Washington University funds the development of the prototype Learn and Work Ecosystem Library. Walmart funds Phase III, which focuses on systems change for expansion and sustainability of incremental credentials. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of Lumina Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Education, Walmart, or George Washington University.