Planning and Development Surveyor Careers

Work Environment:

As a planning and development surveyors, you'd manage, design and assess development ventures in rural areas, towns and cities.

Being a planning and development surveyor your job might include:

• restoration of dilapidated properties
• property preservation in urban and rural regions
• reconstruction of former Brownfield/industrial sites

You'd be included at every project phase from the preliminary assessments of site throughout to its accomplishment. Based on the venture, your tasks could comprise:

• estimating the possible environmental, economic and social of a project
• studying market statistics such as property and land records
• scrutinizing data utilizing software
• trading tenders and contracts
• raising funds by development organizations, funding bodies and investment firms
• evaluating whether schemes are practicable
• supervising planning operations
• representing your suggestions to customers
• guiding customers regarding legal and financial issues like obligatory purchases

Qualification, Education and Experience:

To be a planning and development surveyor, you'd necessitate a vocational qualification or degree certified by the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors). Related subjects comprise:

• property and land development
• business-studies
• property management
• surveying
• economics

If you've a non acknowledged degree, you'd be required to acquire a postgraduate-course into surveying acknowledged by RICS. You can accomplish this by full time study or by a company's traineeship.

If you're working into the field of construction or property, you can obtain a distance-learning postgraduate course by the CEM (College of Estate-Management). Check the website of CEM, for additional information.

If you've a BTEC: HND or HNC or degree into construction or surveying, you might be capable to operate as a surveying technician and get additional training to become a surveyor.

Contact RICS, for further information on careers in surveying and related degree courses.

Training Details:

You must persist to upgrade your skills and knowledge all through your vocation. You'd generally accomplish this by acquiring chartered position through the CIOB (Chartered Institution of Building) or the RICS.

While you're working, you should accomplish RICS: APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) to qualify for chartered status by the RICS. You'll require minimum 2 years related experience and will be required to get through with an interview by a board of assessors.

You'll necessitate a certified honors degree and 2 years related experience, to apply for CIOB: chartered status. For additional information, check the website of CIOB.

Your company/employer might support you to acquire the vocational qualifications given as below:

• NVQ: Third and Fourth levels into Built-Environment Development and Control (contains choices in building, planning and conservation)
• NVQ: Third and Fourth levels into Property, Maintenance and Surveying
• NVQ: Third and Fourth levels into Construction Contracting-Operations

Skills and knowledge:

• the capability to cope with different people
• understanding of regional planning procedures and policies
• excellent computer and research abilities
• report-writing abilities
• the capability to operate as member of a team
• networking-skills
• outstanding presentation, negotiation and communication abilities
• a knowledge of developmental and environmental matters
• excellent financial skills and budget understanding

Salary and Other Benefits:

• Initial remunerations for planning and Development surveyors can be about £21,000 to £25,000 for a year.
• Earnings of experienced surveyors can be around £26,000 to £39,000.
• And chartered planning and development surveyors can receive above £41,000 annually.

Working Conditions:

You'd work weekly for around 36 to 41 hours. Few contracts might comprise weekends and evenings to meet up targets.

Your working time will be divided between site and office work. Few contracts might include overnight-stays away from house.

Different Opportunities:

You can discover work chances with building preservation organizations, surveying practices, regional authorities, business property firms, government divisions, construction companies and property developers.

You can advance to senior or project management positions or you can work in partnership having private practice. You can also work on freelance basis as a consultant. You can enter in other fields of town planning or surveying. You can also get opportunities to work abroad, e.g. on disaster relief projects.

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