Apprentice Land & Measured Building Surveyor
Job Description
Summary
An exciting opportunity awaits a motivated individual to begin a career in geomatic surveying. We seek a proactive, self-driven candidate with a practical problem-solving approach.
Training course
Geospatial survey technician (level 3)
Start date
Monday 4 August 2025
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
- Training in Surveying
- Assist the surveyor onsite at client premises in calculating land and building measurements
- Operate the latest survey technology, including the Total Station (Theodolite), GPS, and/or Scanner, to support the surveyor
- Help to verify the accuracy of the surveyor’s calculations
- Take responsibility for checking the surveyor’s equipment before and after jobs, ensuring all batteries are fully charged
- Upload data onto the system and export it to AutoCAD
- Use office time to learn software such as n4ce, AutoCAD, and REVIT, while assisting the surveyor in producing technical drawings
- Administration
- Perform general administrative tasks, including filing, scanning, and photocopying
- Handle basic office maintenance and cleaning tasks
Where you’ll work
3 Brookfield, Duncan Close
Moulton Park Industrial Estate
Northampton
NN3 6WL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Your training course
Geospatial survey technician (level 3)
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What you’ll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations
- Plan and prepare Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) and report any additional controls required
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Carry out adjustment checks on survey equipment
- Interpret information from client drawings and specifications
- Gather and interpret information from a range of sources
- Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues and stakeholders
- Plan surveys selecting survey equipment for a project according to the client’s specification
- Planning routes to existing and new sites
- Establish a survey control on site for example using total station, GNSS or levels
- Use setting out engineering equipment and techniques, for example measuring tapes and string, distances and bearings, total station using co-ordinates to peg out co-ordinates, grid lines and off sets
- Use survey equipment, for example total stations, levels, laser scanners, and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) using geodetic parameters
- Capture and record geospatial survey data, for example topographic, river sections, drainage invert surveys, volumetric calculations, as-built surveys and measured building surveys
- Select and use surveying processing software for processing data into either 2D or 3D drawing’s or 3D models
- Produce geospatial survey reports using computer software
- Apply quality assurance procedures: site work, drawing, model or report
- Manage time and tasks to meet project deadlines
- Comply with relevant industry legislation and regulations when undertaking geospatial work
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers
- Comply with environmental, social, human and economic sustainability regulations and requirements, for example safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, efficient use of resources, contributing to the community, volunteering within the geospatial industry
- Comply with health and safety regulations
- Plan and prepare Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) and report any additional controls required
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Carry out adjustment checks on survey equipment
- Interpret information from client drawings and specifications
- Gather and interpret information from a range of sources
- Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues and stakeholders
- Plan surveys selecting survey equipment for a project according to the client’s specification
- Planning routes to existing and new sites
- Establish a survey control on site for example using total station, GNSS or levels
- Use setting out engineering equipment and techniques, for example measuring tapes and string, distances and bearings, total station using co-ordinates to peg out co-ordinates, grid lines and off sets
- Use survey equipment, for example total stations, levels, laser scanners, and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) using geodetic parameters
- Capture and record geospatial survey data, for example topographic, river sections, drainage invert surveys, volumetric calculations, as-built surveys and measured building surveys
- Select and use surveying processing software for processing data into either 2D or 3D drawing’s or 3D models
- Produce geospatial survey reports using computer software
- Apply quality assurance procedures: site work, drawing, model or report
- Manage time and tasks to meet project deadlines
- Comply with relevant industry legislation and regulations when undertaking geospatial work
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers
- Comply with environmental, social, human and economic sustainability regulations and requirements, for example safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, efficient use of resources, contributing to the community, volunteering within the geospatial industry
Your training plan
- Geospatial Survey Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Block release training at Dudley College of Technology Institute of Technology Black Country and Marches
- Block release 2 weeks at a time around every 6 weeks
- Zoological Dr, Dudley DY1 4AE
More training information
Aside from the Geospatial Survey Technician Level 3 we offer a full in-house training scheme and mentoring
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade A-C / 9-4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Flexible approach to overtime
Other requirements
Physically fit and able to work outdoors in all weather conditions Flexible with overtime (paid) Willing to work away from home Monday to Friday (expenses paid) Overtime opportunities Paid travel time In-lieu time scheme 20 days + bank holidays annual leave Additional 1 day per year (max. 25 days) after 5 years of service Corporate Healthcare Scheme available Company uniform and PPE provided Company Pension Scheme Sick pay after three years of continuous service On-site parking Must be available for short-notice travel DBS checks required (costs covered) CSCS construction card (costs covered) Full clean driver’s license (desirable) Reliable transport to/from head office (required)
