Real Estate Degree Apprentice Surveyor
Parkinson Real Estate
Preston (PR1 8BU)
Closes on Friday 16 January 2026
Posted on 20 November 2025
Contents
Summary
The proactive & self-driven candidate will work across several disciplines to include Property & Asset Management, Agency, Landlord & Tenant, Investment, Valuation, and Professional Services. Varied workload, good work-life balance & ability to progress within the firm guaranteed.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.30pm
Friday 9am to 5pm.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 March 2026
- Duration
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5 years
- 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
- One day per week university study - after successful completion of 6 month probationary period
- Assisting measured surveys
- Assisting property and land inspections
- Real Estate data research and analysis
- Formal report drafting, review, engrossment and issue
- Property management
- Development appraisals, viability and feasibility studies
- Business development and networking
- Developing into an unsupervised fee earner
Where you'll work
4 Winckley Court
Preston
PR1 8BU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, THE
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
- Real Estate Development and Management (Degree Apprenticeship)
- One day per week
- Five year course
- University of Salford
- This apprenticeship is subject to satisfactory completion of 6 months' trainee programme before course enrolment. Therefore, degree course enrolment is not guaranteed
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Knowledge of APC process
- Knowledge of degree course
- Knowledge of company
- Live within 25 miles of office
- Full driving licence
- Own car essential
About this employer
Parkinson Real Estate is a commercial property consultancy who offer in depth knowledge of local market conditions primarily across the Northwest but also UK wide. We act on behalf of a variety of clients over a large geographical area, with results driven instructions fulfilled throughout the country.
After this apprenticeship
- Enrol on the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence
- Qualify as a Chartered Surveyor
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, THE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001481.
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Closes on Friday 16 January 2026
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