Attract new staff or develop existing employees with our Construction Quantity Surveyor Apprenticeship pathway: a cost-effective way to train professionally qualified Construction Quantity Surveying Technicians and Construction Quantity Surveyors for your organisation.
The pathway starts with our level 4 Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship, and upon successful completion, and dependant on your business needs, enables progression to our level 6 Construction Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship.
Build your QS talent pipeline
Develop early career talent into fully qualified Construction Quantity Surveying Technicians and Construction Quantity Surveyors with our Apprenticeship pathway. Designed by employers, our programmes balance business education with practical, real-time learning in the workplace. Apprentices develop a full range of knowledge, skills and behaviours to take on these key roles and bring skills, expertise and professional practice to your organisation.
Who is this apprenticeship pathway for?
The Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship will develop talent for roles including Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Construction Surveyor, Quantity Surveying Technician, Assistant Cost Engineer or Assistant Cost Analyst. Apprentices will develop the key skills, knowledge and behaviours associated with the monitoring and control of costs and contracts on construction projects.
Upon successful completion and in-line with your business requirements, apprentices will then have the option to progress to our Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship and develop the full range of skills to oversee the financial and legal management of construction projects. This Level 6 apprenticeship will develop talent for roles including Quantity Surveyor, Construction Surveyor, Construction Cost Consultant, Cost Engineer, Cost Analyst, Cost Manager, Project Cost Co-ordinator, Project Cost Controller, Cost Planner or Commercial Manager.
You may wish to create a new role within your organisation to attract fresh talent or to develop your existing staff.
Capabilities to better your business
- Develop existing staff, emerging talent or new recruits into qualified quantity surveying technicians or surveyors
- Build a talent pipeline to meet the current and future needs of your organisation
- Apprentices learn from expert academics and industry professionals, equipping them with the full range of knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to your business
- Instil your organisation’s business culture and working style from an early stage
A cost-effective way to develop and retain talent
Apprenticeships are a smart investment. You can reinvest Apprenticeship Levy funds to cover the cost of an apprenticeship, or receive funding support from the government.
If you operate in England and your annual payroll is over £3 million, you pay a levy of 0.5% of your payroll into a levy account.
The cost of the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician programme for levy paying employers is £9,000 and the cost for the Construction Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship is £18,000. This can be covered in full using the non-refundable funds in your levy account. If you exhaust the funds in your levy account, then the government will pay 95% of the outstanding fees and you will need to pay the remaining 5%.
If your organisation is not required to pay the levy, you will pay only 5% of the cost of the apprenticeship programme while the government pays the remaining 95%. The cost of the of the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician programme for non-levy paying employers is just £450 and the cost for the Construction Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship is just £900.
For more about the Apprenticeship Levy, and to find out about any additional incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice from the government, please visit the key information section on our Degree apprenticeships for employers page.
Our team of dedicated consultants can talk you through the detail.
Delivered by experts through term-time day release
The Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship is delivered over two years, plus up to six months for the End Point Assessment.
The Construction Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship is delivered over three years, plus up to six months for the End Point Assessment.
At least 20% of apprentices contracted hours will be classed as ‘off the job’. This time will be dedicated to developing the knowledge and skills needed to meet the requirements of the apprenticeship, and therefore is not part of their usual work duties.
The off-the-job learning is gained through university-led learning sessions and activities, and practical learning experiences in the usual work setting.
Apprentices will attend term-time day release sessions at our Chelmsford campus, or at ARU Peterborough, led by sector specialists and practitioners.
What are the entry requirements?
As an employer your business sets out the person specifications for the roles, but the apprentice will need to meet our entry requirements to be accepted onto a course. You can view the full entry requirements on the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician and Construction Quantity Surveyor apprentice course pages.
Our team of dedicated consultants can talk you through the detail.
Don't just take our word for it..
Lee Hatwell
“ARU are at the cutting edge of higher education and more importantly they are in sync with what communities and employers really need.”
Lee HatwellDirector, Munday + Cramer
Kate Smith
“Partnering with ARU has provided a powerful opportunity to develop and grow talent. The apprentices see what they are learning implemented on real life projects adding significant value to their experience.”
Kate SmithHR Director, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Michael
“The degree apprenticeship has provided me with four vital years of experience whilst gaining my qualifications. I have gained a vast amount of knowledge about my industry, allowing me to have a key role within the business.”
MichaelChartered Surveyor Graduate Apprentice
Read about Michael's journeyIndustry recognised professional accreditation
Accredited by the CIOB
These apprenticeships are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) - the world’s largest professional body for construction management and leadership. CIOB accreditation is recognised as a mark of the highest levels of competence and professionalism in the development, conservation and improvement of the built environment.
