Foundation Built Environment
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
WJEC Foundation Built Environment is a two year, 120 hour Entry Level and Level 1 course for learners in Years 10 and 11 who want a practical route into construction, leading on to VCSE Built Environment. Both units are teacher-set portfolios, marked in school and moderated by WJEC. Literacy runs through Unit 1, where learners name, describe and explain buildings, land, stakeholders and job roles through reading, discussion, role-play, posters and short written pieces, and through Unit 2, where they write safety guidance, set success criteria and review their own hand skills. Numeracy is practical and narrow: measuring in metric units, reading scales, checking angles and level, and marking out accurately before cutting. No calculations are set.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level and Level 1
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam nesaf i fyny
- VCSE Built Environment, Level 1 and Level 2
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Getting to Know the Built Environment: Centre marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence, maximum assessment time 9 hours (typically 7 to 9 hours), 36 guided learning hours, 60 of the qualification's 132 points, tasks set by the teacher, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2028
- Unit 2: Practical Hand Skills: Centre marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence, maximum assessment time 21 hours (typically 19 to 21 hours), 84 guided learning hours, 72 of the qualification's 132 points, tasks set by the teacher, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2029
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Rhuglder
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Marking out accurately and double-checking
Learners mark materials for cutting or assembly with chalk, pencil or a scriber, double-check measurements before marking and follow the rule measure twice, cut once. Appendix A links this marking work, with measuring, to developing mathematical proficiency.
Rhifedd: Rhuglder, Rhesymu rhesymegol, Cymhwysedd strategol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils mark a 150 mm line on a strip of wood, swap with a partner who checks it with a rule, and correct any mark that is out.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils mark out three pieces of a given length from one board, measuring each from the same end, and check the total against the board length before cutting.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils mark out the parts of a small planter from a cutting list, check every measurement a second time, and record any mark they had to change before cutting.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 2, Section 2.3.3, page 32; Unit 2, Assessment criteria LO2.3, page 40; Appendix A, page 55
“double-checking measurements before marking”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu dewis a chymhwyso strategaethau gwirio priodol.
Rwy'n gallu dilysu canlyniadau a datrysiadau.
Rwy'n gallu nodi, mesur neu gasglu'r wybodaeth sy'n ofynnol er mwyn cwblhau'r dasg.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dewis a chymhwyso strategaethau gwirio priodol.
Rwy'n gallu dilysu a phrofi canlyniadau a datrysiadau.
Rwy'n gallu nodi, mesur neu gasglu'r wybodaeth sy'n ofynnol er mwyn cwblhau'r dasg.
Da gwybod
- Appendix A (pages 54 and 55) maps listening, reading, speaking and writing to almost every content section of both units, and numeracy only to measuring and marking (2.3.2, 2.3.3), securing and shaping (2.4.2, 2.4.4) and the cost and waste sections of Unit 1 (1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.3.3). The statistics strand is left blank.
- There are no marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar, but the review criteria note at Entry 1 that "Communication may not always be effective." (Unit 2, LO2.7, page 43).
- Learners do not have to write everything: evidence can include "responses to structured questions, either written or oral" (Section 3.3, page 48), and presentations and practical demonstrations are recorded on observation records (Section 3.6, page 49).
- Support depends on level. For Level 1, "Teachers and tutors can provide advice on planning and structuring their answers" (Section 3.4, page 49), while Entry 1 learners may use symbols or assistive technology.
- Discussion and debate tasks need care with group work: "group work is permitted only where specified" (Section 3.5, page 49), and each learner's contribution must be identifiable.
- Measuring is metric only: learners are taught the "use of metric system" (Unit 2, Section 2.3.2, page 32). Calculator use is not mentioned.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The specification names VCSE Built Environment as the next step. Both qualifications build construction vocabulary, safe practical work, measuring and marking out, and reviewing one's own practical work. The VCSE steps these up: learners read a case study and technical documents such as briefs and method statements, justify choices of sites, methods and materials in writing, and write a structured evaluation, while its numeracy adds measuring to tolerances, reading plans, mixing to ratios, estimating quantities, costing within a budget and planning a critical path. Measuring and marking link with Mathematics and Numeracy, and land classification and development in Wales with GCSE Geography.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Built Environment specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).