Apprentice Quantity Surveyor Review

I am currently doing a Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship with Bam Nuttall, my day mostly consists of being in the office on a day to day basis. Whilst in the office i have been tasked to make payments to subcontractors, make Variations and also look at final account. These three tasks has a lot of different procedures which allows me to learn different skills with in my Career.

Whilst working with Bam Nuttall, i have learnt many skills that i did not know before. Before joining the apprenticeship i had no experience in the industry so have learnt a lot of different skills and procedures that is needed to work as a Quantity Surveyor, these skills consist of dealing with subcontractors and also speaking to people in a professional manner.

Currently i am thoroughly enjoying my apprenticeship programme with Bam Nuttall. I enjoy the work load that has been given to me and i also enjoy that i am treated as a member of the team even though i might be young and an apprentice. Before Joining BAM i did not think that i would be valued as much as i am, i all honesty i thought i be making everybody cups of tea, but this is not the case as i am looked upon as a Quantity Surveyor and given the correct work load which i am competent enough to deal with.

Yes i do feel Valued By BAM Nuttall. From doing the apprenticeship, you can blatantly see that BAM look after their apprentices as they want what is best for them. I also feel like a member of a team and spoken to like one. i feel no discrimination from management or on site workers as i am an apprentice. i have also been involved in some big projects which allow me to feel valued and not worthless to BAM

I am currently in my second year of a Level 3 national diploma, in a few months time i will be progressing on to the HND (level 5) course. i feel that this is a very strong and thought out structured programme as it progress me upwards whilst bolstering my career. i have also been placed on a work site that is correct to my level as they give me relevant work load and work complexity for someone who as the same amount of experience as me.

In BAM Nuttall there is two delegated Apprentice Advisers, both of these are very helpful and trustworthy as you can go to them with any problem and you can trust that they will keep it confidential. One thing i do like from BAM Nuttall is that endorse an approach anyone method, this means that i can go to anyone, be it the managing director of my sector to a foreman on site, by doing this i find that all members of the company are there to support you and there to help out.

From my first day with BAM i felt that i receive a lot of support from them, the first day was in college and we had a meeting and we were introduce to the head of HR who gave us all her number and told us that if we had any problems we were able to call her and discuss anything with her. we were also given a helpline that the company uses if we wanted to discuss anything confidentially.

I consider that the salary i get from BAM meets all my necessary costs. It is also beneficial that any travel expenses are paid back to me using our company's expenses system. i also live away from home, so BAM give me a allowance that acts as a contribution to find a place to rent.

I believe that there is plenty of opportunities outside of work. for example today i am going to a BAM Nuttall road show which tells us information and how the company is progressing through the year as well as the performance of last year. Other than this, my site runs a weekly football tournament between the staff and the on site workers which i think is a good way to bond on site.

Yes

I have joined BAM and it has been a watershed event in my life, it think is has bettered me as a person and i have learnt a lot whilst at work and to think this is only the beginning of my career.

My only advise would be grab this opportunity with both hands and dont let go, it will be the best thing you could do in your life and dont take it fro granted as it is rare to find a company that will pay for your education whilst also paying you as well.