K073 - architecture and construction
Child Topics
K0731 - architecture and town planning
Architecture is the study of the art, science and techniques of building design. It encompasses both utilitarian ends – such as the soundness of the structure and the functional and economic efficiency of the building – and aesthetic considerations. Town planning is the study of the regulated growth and improvement of towns in both functional and aesthetical points of view.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
Architectural urban design and planning
Architecture
Building design
Cartography/Land surveying
City planning
Community development
Landscape architecture
Structural architecture
Surveying
Town and country planning
Urban planning
=== Exclusions
Study of interior design is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0212 ‘Fashion, interior and industrial design’. Geomatics is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0532 ‘Earth science’.
The laying out and construction of parks and gardens is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0812 ‘Horticulture’.
K0732 - building and civil engineering
Description
Building is the study of the science, technology and techniques of assembling, erecting and maintaining public, commercial, industrial and residential structures and their fittings. Civil engineering is the study of planning, designing, testing and directing the construction of large scale buildings and structures, including systems for transport, water supply, sewage etc.
Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:
Bricklaying
Bridge construction
Building construction
Building engineering
Building technology
Carpentry and joinery (building)
Civil engineering
Construction equipment
Constructional metalwork (building)
Dock and harbour engineering
Floor and wall tiling
Floor covering
House building
Industrial abseiling (commercial)
Masonry and tile setting
Painting and wall covering
Plastering
Plumbing and pipefitting
Road building
Water engineering and technology
Water supply and sewerage engineering
Ventilation
=== Exclusions
Installation of electricity is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0713 ‘Electricity and energy’. Similarly, installing and repairing of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0713 ‘Electricity and energy’.