Apprentice Surveyor
LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LTD
Nottingham (NG1 5FS)
Closes in 27 days (Sunday 14 December 2025)
Posted on 17 November 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice Surveyor you will provide essential administrative and technical support to the Valuation team whilst gaining valuable experience of the role of a commercial surveyor. The work will be varied and will be completed both in the office and on site - requiring visits to client offices and to properties of all commercial asset classes.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9am - 5:30pm, with one study day per week.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years 8 months
- Positions available
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1
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
- Shadowing chartered surveyors
- Providing support on instructions to surveyors in the business on Valuation related matters
- Assisting with the drafting of minutes, schedules and reports
- Attending site and taking notes and photographs and generally assisting on instructions
- Liaising (where appropriate) with other LSH departments and divisions
- Representing LSH and the full range of property related services available to our client
- Data entry
- General office admin duties
- Attending training and continuous professional development (CPD) events where required to support your learning
Where you'll work
East West Building
2 Tollhouse Hill
Nottingham
NG1 5FS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NOTTINGHAM TRENT 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
Off-the-job training will be provided by Nottingham Trent University (NTU) You will achieve a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited BSc (Hons) Real Estate degree. You will be allocated one study day per week to attend lectures and seminars on campus.
Upon completion of the BSc (Hons) Real Estate and the structured workplace learning you will undertake the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence leading to registration with the RICS as a Chartered Surveyor.
More training information
- Shadowing qualified colleagues
- Attending relevant training courses (internal and external) both online and in-person
- Attending industry CPD events
- 1-1 coaching
- e-learning for H&S and compliance requirements
- Practical on the job experience on a daily basis
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or Higher)
- Maths (grade 4 or Higher)
A Level 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
The vacancy will involve some site visits. A full UK driving licence would therefore be desirable.
About this employer
LSH are one of the UK's leading commercial property companies. We have around 1,100 employees based across a network of 30 offices and over 15 different service lines. We have a long trading history that can be traced back to 1773.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completion of your apprenticeship and qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor, your career progression would typically be:
- Surveyor
- Senior Surveyor
- Associate Director
- Senior Associate Director
- Director
- Senior Director
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000755.
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