Rural Surveying Apprenticeship Review
at Savills
Degree Apprenticeship
Construction
Carlisle
Review Submitted: April 2022
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
5/5
I assist my colleagues with a variety of tasks, mainly including estate management and professional work. Estate Management requires maintaining the estate and tending to any repairs or issues on the estate and managing the Let residential and agricultural portfolios. Professional work often comprises valuing residential or agricultural property, providing advice, applying for loans and many other tasks.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
I strongly enjoy the programme, the variety of the work combined with the challenging but interesting university course make for a fulfilling and rewarding experience.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
I have learnt a host of new skills, including many specific competancies such as drawing maps, drafting legal agreements, holding a sale or re-letting. I have also built on my exisiting skillset, I have improved by ability to draft a professional email, answer a phone call professionally and to conduct myself in a way that represents Savills positively.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
Very well organised.
There are staff in Savills and in UCEM that attend to the apprentices to make sure they are meeting their aims and goals. Despite this, the staff give you enough space to develop independantly alongside my line manager, so I can experience what the role is really like.
There are staff in Savills and in UCEM that attend to the apprentices to make sure they are meeting their aims and goals. Despite this, the staff give you enough space to develop independantly alongside my line manager, so I can experience what the role is really like.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
We receive excellent support from both Apprenticeship staff, other apprentices and particularly our line managers. We work with our line managers to improve, they allow us to work independently and help us remedy our mistakes so we can gradually improve.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
We receive a good amount of support, we have periodic meetings with an 'apprenticeship outcomes officer' from the training provider and reviews our progress. The offer helpful and constructive advice where improvements need to be made, but remain encouraging throughout.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
Many of the modules studied through the training provider link directly into my role, for example we study valuation techniques, which can be directly applied to valuation reports I am doing with my line manager, this allows me to do more of the work independently.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
5/5
Many of the extra curricular activities have been put on hold by COVID-19, but great effort is put into maintaining a good social environment between colleagues through casual meals and nights out. Savills also occassionally holds get togethers in fun locations such as Alton Towers.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
Yes
Why?
They are well organised firm that encourage each employee to be their best, you join in with a huge united team all working together across the country. The wide breadth of work always keeps the job interesting.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Savills?
I believe that taking intiative was a large part of why I got my role in Savills, it is important to prove that you can work things out for yourself and be independent as well as functioning well as part of a team.
