Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
HUNTLEY CARTWRIGHT
CATERHAM (CR3 6HY)
Closes in 23 days (Friday 17 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 March 2026
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Summary
This is a great opportunity to start your career in a professional construction consultancy and gain valuable industry experience. Huntley Cartwright, a successful firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors based in Caterham, Surrey, is seeking an enthusiastic Apprentice Quantity Surveyor to join its growing team.
- Wage
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£19,500 a year
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm, including one day a week at University
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- Duration
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6 years 6 months
- Positions available
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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
This course is for candidates who wish to obtain an honours degree in surveying accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
As part of the programme, apprentices will be mentored and will work towards becoming chartered with RICS. We have a fully supported RICS approved training programme.
- Cost Estimating
- Measurement skills
- Valuation of construction works
- Procurement
- Contracts
This opportunity will involve visits to construction sites and offices of other design consultants and client.
Where you'll work
VICTORIA HOUSE
HARESTONE VALLEY ROAD
CATERHAM
CR3 6HY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH BANK 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
Day release, once a week at LSBU's Southwark campus
More training information
For more information about the BSc (Hons) Chartered Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship at LSBU:
https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/course-finder/chartered-apprenticeship-quantity-surveying
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
All applicants must hold:
- A Level BBB or;
- BTEC National Diploma DDM or;
- Access to HE qualifications with 24 Distinctions 21 Merits or;
- Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 128 UCAS points
- Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).
About this employer
Huntley Cartwright is a professional Chartered Quantity Surveying Practice with wide experience of working for many leading investors, developers and occupiers in the property market. The Partners and staff offer an exclusive personal service by building close working relationships with the client and each member of the design and construction team.
The Practice was founded on the core skill of Quantity Surveying and today provides an extensive range of services to the construction industry.
Each new opportunity is met with enthusiasm and the capability to respond in full to project requirements. Through qualification, experience and application we are able to demonstrate our success in achieving substantial repeat business.
After this apprenticeship
- MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveying qualification
- Candidates will aspire to act as QS on their own construction projects
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022800.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Friday 17 April 2026 at 11:59pm)