Apprentice Surveyor

Summary

You will join our land and development practice located in Stratford-upon-Avon and will have experience with surveying and town planning for residential, healthcare and education real estate development and valuation. You will be supported by our interdisciplinary team of surveyors, town planners and health and safety consultants.

Wage

£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Bonus' available after 12 months subject to performance. Annual salary increases subject to turnover. Free days leave for charity involvement.

Training course

Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4pm.

38 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 14 August 2025

Duration

5 years

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Land and development associated tasks.
Valuation associated tasks.
Town planning associated tasks.

In summary, the role will include:

Identifying land and development opportunities across the Greater Midlands area for disposal and acquisition.
Management of the development process for acquisition and disposal through to completion.
Valuation (RICS Red Book Valuations including Home Surveys and condition surveys), Commercial agency and landlord and developer consultancy.
Providing research support for Expert Witness submissions.
Planning submissions and strategic land reviews.
Growing your knowledge of local and national planning law and guidance.
Develop contract and lease knowledge and understanding, along with relevant case law and legal planning documents.

Develop your negotiation skills

You will work with the health and safety team to support your APC and competency in this area and in particular in the area of Construction Safety.

Land & Development Associated Tasks

The role will include working closely with the Project Coordinator, who currently provides support in terms of legal title checks, online mapping, preparation of marketing brochures and databases.
Maintaining the property requirements database, contacting relevant agents and operators to ensure that details of all requirements are accurate and up to date.
Maintaining the site availability database, contacting relevant agents and operators to ensure that details of all available sites are accurate and up to date.
Maintaining the internal comparable information database, contacting relevant agents and operators to obtain accurate comparable information.
Assisting with online mapping tools to provide location and site maps and site area measuring (training will be provided if necessary).
Provide office-based support when the Director is out of the office for site searches with Land Registry/Searchflow and Promap.
Maintaining RICS documents library.
Assist with compilation of property brochures.
Conducting viewings of available properties.
Proactively marketing properties through telephone calls and emails.
Issuing plans/documents to clients.
Assisting in the surveying of properties under the supervision of senior surveyors and consultants.
Making telephone contact with agents to support the comparable analysis and/or availability of land/development opportunities.
Undertaking site-finding duties, which will include exploring the Local Plan of an area. Travelling to specific destinations to identify possible land opportunities.
Undertaking research into build costs for projects through Dobson-Grey contacts.
Undertaking research into sales, rental and capital values through property databases, agents via email and telephone calls and Dobson-Grey databases.
Site inspections in accordance with RICS guidance.
Valuation work (under supervision) knowledge of Argus Appraisal system of assistance.
Assist with planning submissions.

Where you'll work

1
Alscot Studios
Alscot Park
Atherstone On Stour
CV37 8BL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Your training course

Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

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

The course is with University of the Built Environment follow this link for more information

https://www.ube.ac.uk/employers/apprenticeship-programmes/chartered-surveyor-real-estate/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20029096760&gbraid=0AAAAAD5InYZKEieUC6G2P6yEu3TBsGCZr&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjo7DBhCrARIsACWauSmkYFkVphe7I_WL0oNNsswRzo2JXi_-LbUjzh3N43dSZGkPjVQ2g8waAlSZEALw_wcB

More training information

One day off per week for study leave during term time.
Development of the required knowledge, skills and behaviours for all apprenticeships happens through a combination of workplace training provided by the employer and off-the-job training provided by the University.
The undergraduate route apprenticeship is 360 credits, plus an End Point Assessment (EPA) whereas the postgraduate route is 180 credits.
On the job experience for 4 of the other days of the week.
https://www.ube.ac.uk/employers/apprenticeship-programmes/chartered-surveyor-real-estate/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20029096760&gbraid=0AAAAAD5InYZKEieUC6G2P6yEu3TBsGCZr&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjo7DBhCrARIsACWauSmkYFkVphe7I_WL0oNNsswRzo2JXi_-LbUjzh3N43dSZGkPjVQ2g8waAlSZEALw_wcB

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 5 or above)
Maths (grade 5 or above)

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

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Physical fitness

Other requirements

We are a dynamic, fast-paced firm. There is a huge opportunity to learn and develop a range of skills. Important to us is your continued professional development. Every day is a learning day, whatever age! Please note site inspections do require a level of fitness, e.g. climbing into lofts.

About this company

Dobson-Grey Ltd is an ISO 9001:2015 multi-disciplinary consultancy firm providing RICS-regulated chartered surveying and RTPI-compliant town planning services. Our mission statement is care, commitment and consistency of exceptional service. Our sectors are education, residential and healthcare. Our health & safety and fire consultancy services are dedicated to realising the vision of a safe and healthy work environment while elevating the competence of safety and environmental professionals at all organisational levels. Our highly experienced team of professionals and dedicated personnel work directly with you at all stages of the project or development process, from land/property identification, financial and physical feasibility through to supporting and overseeing planning, design, programming and budgeting through to onward sale or letting. Our construction safety specialists are able to support clients, understand their duties and provide convenient and effective and accredited training for themselves and their staff.

https://dobson-grey.co.uk/about/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Set in the countryside next to horse stables and a cricket ground, the quintessentially British countryside belies a very busy national office working on some nationally significant infrastructure projects.

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

From an apprentice, you then become a graduate surveyor who we support with their Assessment of Professional Competence.
Once qualified, the routes are either Property Agency, Property Consultancy or Property Valuation supporting Expert Witness work.
Alternative career postings within the organisation are town planning and health and safety should you wish to change.
Also, an opportunity to join the construction safety team supporting the best outcomes for construction staff through effective health and safety consultancy.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DOBSON-GREY LTD

Keri Dobson

kdobson@dobson-grey.co.uk

01789298006

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327113.

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Closes in 26 days (Wednesday 30 July 2025)

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