BSc(Hons) Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship and Pathway to MRICS Qualification
FGP Surveyors Limited
KNUTSFORD (WA16 6EN)
Closes on Tuesday 31 March 2026
Posted on 22 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Assist surveyors and directors in the day-to-day workings of the business which will see apprentices involved in a variety of projects from energy generation such as wind and solar farms, energy storage projects such as battery and hydrogen and assist in keeping canals and waterways running, whilst at the same time study at Harper Adams University
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm including time required for study.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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4
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
- Assisting surveyors and directors in the day to day running onf the business
- Attending progress meetings with clients and contractors
- Assist surveyors in meetings with landowners and their agents to negotiate legal agreements
- Inspect proposed routes for cables and pipelines
- Undertake land searches for solar farms and battery storage sites
Where you'll work
4-5 ROYAL COURT
TATTON STREET
KNUTSFORD
WA16 6EN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
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.
Training schedule
At the end of the apprenticeship the candidate will recieve a BSc (Hons) in Rural Enterprise and Land Management and Achieve MRICS on the Rural Pathway Route once the RICS exams have been sat
More training information
Apprentices will attend Harper Adams University for 8 block weeks across the academic year - i.e. One week every month.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
- Business Studies (grade C)
- Economics (grade C)
- Geography (grade C)
BTEC in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Timekeeping
- Adaptability
- Confident
- Hard Working
- Goal Focused
- Dedicated
- Committed
- Love for the outdoors
- Cheerful
- Interest in renewable energy
- Interest in rural matters
Other requirements
Candidates should review the RICS Rural Pathway and attend the Land and Property Management Experience Day at Harper Adams University in Newport, Shropshire on the 29th October 2025 and the Open Days on the 8th November and 18th February 2026: https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/events/ Candidates should also expect to seek and carry out work experience on a farm over the summer, and to attend a two week work experience at FGP prior to commencement of employment.
About this employer
A firm of rural chartered surveyors that specialise in the energy and infrastructure sector. We specialise in progressing renewable developments from site finding and guiding the client through to signing of an Option for Lease. At FGP we act for the developer rather than the landowner.
After this apprenticeship
- Once qualified, a permanent position will be offered and the candidate would take on the management of projects they had worked on, tender for their own work and progress through seniority levels within the company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FGP Surveyors Limited
Neil Priestner
neil.priestner@fgplimited.co.uk
01565655654
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347582.
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Closes on Tuesday 31 March 2026
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