Construction and property
Find out about careers in Construction and property
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Types of jobs in construction
Construction jobs involve more than just what you see on a building site. There is a huge range of career choices in the industry. These involve designing, planning and project management, as well as doing the hands-on, practical work.
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Types of property jobs and employers
The property industry is all about making money out of land and real estate – whether that is farmland, a skyrise office block or luxury apartments. It offers a range of different careers for people who want more than ‘just an office job’.
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How the construction industry works
Many different organisations work together to build a construction project. Recruiters expect aspiring apprentices, trainees and graduates to understand how a project comes to be built.
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What civil/structural engineers do
Creating the tallest buildings and the longest bridges: find out more about what civil engineers, structural engineers and geotechnical engineers do and how you can become one.
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What landscape architects do
Landscape architects combine a flair for design and an interest in protecting the environment. Find out more about landscape architecture as a career and how you can get into it.
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What architectural professionals do
Every building starts with the design. Enter the architect. Find out more about what architectural professionals do and how to become an architect, architectural technologist or architectural technician.
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What building services engineers do
Make a building more than just a shell – and greener too. Find out how you can become a building services engineer.
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What construction (site) managers do
Site managers make things happen on a construction site. Find out more about what you would be doing and how you can become a construction manager as a graduate or as an apprentice.
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What building surveyors do
Building surveying is the perfect career for those who are interested in both the property and construction industries. Find out more about how building surveyors work across the two industries and how you can become a building surveyor.
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What quantity surveyors do
Quantity surveyors are the money men and women of the construction industry. Find out about what they do and how you can get into the profession.
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What construction craftspeople do
Find out whether you’d be suited to becoming a skilled tradesperson or craftsperson: you could specialise brickwork, carpentry, joinery, demolition, electrical work or scaffolding among other roles.
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Would property or planning suit me?
Are you interested in how business works? Do you enjoy following politics? Do you read the news? And are you fascinated by land and properties? A surveying or planning career might be for you.
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Would a construction career suit me?
There is such a variety of different construction professions that you can almost say there is a role for everyone. Find out whether construction would be right for you.
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Routes into Construction and property
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How do I get into construction?
University, sponsored degrees, higher and degree apprenticeships, vocational qualifications: there are all sorts of ways into the construction profession. Our diagrams outline the different routes for you, whatever your age and your qualifications to date.
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How do I get into property?
The traditional way to start a career in property or planning is to do a degree in a property-related subject – or to do a property postgraduate ‘conversion course’ after studying a different undergraduate degree subject. But a number of employers are now providing apprenticeships and other school leaver schemes. Below we investigate what each route involves.
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My civil engineering apprenticeship
Sam Hollington is an apprentice civil engineer at Balfour Beatty. He wanted to learn through activity rather than going to university.
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Get sponsored to study construction
If you want to get a degree but are worried about student debt, you could apply to a construction company for sponsorship: it will pay all, or some, of your course fees for you.
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Construction uni interview tips
Find out how to impress if you have been invited to a university interview for a civil engineering, construction or quantity surveying degree course. We explain what to expect and give you hints and tips on how to prepare.
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Construction and property interviews
An interview or assessment centre is normally the key stage when applying for an apprenticeship or training programme in construction, property, quantity surveying or civil engineering.
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My site management apprenticeship
Trainee construction manager Tilly likes to spend lots of time on site and describes her job as being like a puzzle with multiple pieces.
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My property surveying apprenticeship
Suba's busy, sociable job means she gets out and about to different London properties and studies for a degree one day a week.
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Universities to check out
