Trainee Quantity Surveyor Review

In my day to day role in my workplace I manage subcontractor packages undertaking monthly valuations, monitoring change, reporting monthly and producing cash flow. I produce measurements of the completed works each month to show progress but also help with valuations. I interact with both the operational and commercial team in order to be exposed to all information required.

The training provider is an online university. This has proven to be difficult since you cannot make any strong connections with the tutors and other peers undertaking the same university course, although, in person workshops occur twice a year to make some connection with others in the same boat. The company ensure you are given day release to complete the weekly work set by the university, however the content they provide to be completed each week is intense. UCEM provide quarterly meetings with the apprentice and the current line manager to support the development and it opens up opportunity to ask questions you haven't had the change to over the online course.

Sisk could provide additional training alongside our degree training provided by UCEM as there are elements of the job, as an apprentice, you don't know you need to cover. Guidelines as to what we should achieve or have touched upon in the workplace over the 4/5 year apprenticeship would be useful as a tick box exercise and to bring along to each project for the next line manager to review. Further guidance could be given to line managers of the apprentices to ensure they understand what they are doing at university and how the day to day activities can best benefit them and also have an understanding of what happens on completion of the degree.

The tutors at UCEM are hard to connect with since any communication is done virtually or via email where communication can easily get lost or misunderstood. Support is available via student central and through contacting our apprenticeship outcomes office (AOO) throughout the degree and in the quarterly review. The University are willing to support where they can and have a variety of different student support systems including mental health support.

In more recent years and the higher level modules I have found that they have provided me with knowledge that I have been able to apply and better understand my day to day job and has clarified areas of my work that I once lacked knowledge and struggled to understand.

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I would recommend John Sisk to a friend since they are a very supporting business as a whole and there are many opportunities to socialise outside of work to build good relationships with you colleges. Sisk are encouraging more youth in the business and understand its importance. As a female joining a male dominate industry I have felt welcomed and well looked after by John Sisk.