Apprentice Quantity Surveyor Review

typical day starts with checking my emails and sending responses to the emails that require a response. I then meet with the senior quantity surveyor who I work under for tasks that I need to complete on the day. I work on site so I will go out once a day and get a general overview of the progress that has been made.

I have learnt many new skills whilst working for bowmer and kirkland and whilst attending university. I have also developed skills that I had learnt from previous employment and education like school and college. Time keeping, IT skills, confidence, teamworking, communication, keeping to deadlines, initiative and independency are the skills that I have gained or developed.

I enjoy the flexibility of my program, and I enjoy the support that is given to me from my workplace and the university. The facilities are excellent and there are never any issues with online databases/software's. The work is challenging, and some of it relates to what I do on a day to day basis.

The program is structured very well, it is broken down into segments which makes it easier to understand what you need to focus on in the coming months/term. There are also scheduled sessions which explain what is required with regards to the APC, which gives us knowledge on it before we even start.

I receive a large amount of support from my employer, they are very helpful and supportive if you have any issues or are unsure of certain things. There are always opportunities to advance your knowledge in multiple areas providing us with CPD seminar sessions or onsite information. This is normally done towards the end of projects to see which mistakes have been made and where to learn from.

The university provides a lot of support and when you look on the online learning platform there are many places where you can go to if you are having issues, the tutors are very good at replying to emails and are always supportive in the seminar and lecture sessions held.

The majority of my experience and skills have come from within the industry. This is where I have been exposed to the real world of working and balancing it with limited free time. Even though the course is specially developed by many ex industry lecturers, there are only certain modules that actually teach you about the real working life.

I have been involved in many extra curricular activities with my employer. This includes careers events, being involved with three cricket matches and team building curry nights. Bowmer and Kirkland are very good at getting involved in extra curricular activities or hosting them themselves. The most recent event done was at a school near one of our projects.

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They are very friendly and welcoming, and give you all the support you require. They offer many different job opportunities, including quantity surveying apprenticeships, design management apprenticeships, site engineering apprenticeships and estimating apprenticeships. As the company is so big, there is also lot of other opportunities in the different departments.

They need to be interested in the role and ensure that they will be committed to learn. I applied through already knowing the company because I had been on a site tour, so if you have any contacts that already work for the company they can help you. Already being exposed to the roll also helps