Real Estate Surveyor Apprentice

Gateshead Council

Tyne and Wear, NE8 1HH

Closes on Friday 28 February

Posted on 14 January 2025


Summary

An opportunity to complete the L6 Chartered Surveyor Apprenticeship - Real Estate Pathway with a Local Authority in the North East with a very competitive salary.

Annual wage
£22,737 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Pay award pending

Training course
Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm with flexi time.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Sunday 30 March

Duration

5 years

Positions available

2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Negotiating contracts and prices
  • Assessing, evaluating and managing construction projects to ensure the best value for money
  • Quality including life cycle costing
  • Cost planning
  • Procurement and tendering
  • Contract administration
  • Commercial management

Where you’ll work

Civic Centre

Regent Street

Gateshead

Tyne and Wear

NE8 1HH

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Your training course

Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents
  • Information management - Provide data, information and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
  • Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
  • Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
  • Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
  • Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.
  • Building surveys – Undertake inspections and surveys and provide advice and recommendations to clients relating to building surveys.
  • Prepare designs and specifications – Carry out the preparation of the design and specification of building projects from outline proposals to completion of the design and specification process.
  • Administer contracts – Implement administrative procedures for the running of a construction project. Issue instructions, deal with payment provisions, manage variation procedures and deal with completion and possession issues and the issuing of certificates.
  • Valuation and appraisal - Prepare capital and rental valuations of land and property for a range of formal and appraisal purposes and prepare client reports.
  • Land, property and planning law - Negotiate solutions to issues affecting both owners and occupiers of land and property including at least two of management, sales, lettings, purchase and/or planning.
  • Inspection and measurement – Undertake inspections of land and property and prepare related reports and advice. Use appropriate instrumentation to take measurements of land and property. Apply the appropriate guidance and use the appropriate basis to undertake measurements. Prepare and present measurements in an appropriate manner.
  • Tendering and procurement - Provide advice and recommendations as to appropriate procurement routes and manage the tendering processes relevant to them.
  • Costing and cost planning of construction works - Undertake the detailed quantification, costing and cost planning of complex construction works.
  • Manage efficiencies of construction contracts – Manage the construction phase of a construction project. Carry out life cycle costing and apply value engineering processes. Prepare data, reports and forecasts.
  • Information management - Provide data, information and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
  • Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
  • Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
  • Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
  • Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.

Your training plan

  • Chartered surveyor (degree) Apprenticeship Standard
  • Virtual/Online Training at work

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9 (A-C))
  • Maths (grade 4-9 (A-C))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

About this company

Local Authority for Gateshead.

http://www.gateshead.gov.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Cycle to work scheme VivUp employee discounts

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunity for permanent position at the end of apprenticeship 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Gateshead Council

Andrew Holtham

andrewholtham@gateshead.gov.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286123.

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Closes on Friday 28 February

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