Course overview
Strengthen your workforce with construction quantity surveyors who have the skills to support the financial and contractual management of building projects.
Apprentices learn how to monitor project costs, assist in budgeting, help in selecting and managing specialist contractors, and maintain accurate records to support efficient delivery and dispute mitigation.
Quantity surveyors lead financial planning, cost control and legal compliance throughout the project lifecycle. As infrastructure and construction demand grows, these professionals bring vital expertise that enhances project performance and protects commercial interests.
This apprenticeship includes the knowledge, skills and behaviours typically required to achieve Chartered status or equivalent with the industry’s recognised professional bodies
The end-point assessment mirrors the rigorous review process for professional registration, ensuring your apprentices are prepared to meet industry benchmarks.
Who this apprenticeship is for?
This apprenticeship is ideal for those in the construction industry. With increasing demand for quality and sustainable housing, quantity surveyors help to ensure robust financial planning, effective cost control and full legal compliance across all stages of the construction process. They offer the cost management and commercial insight needed to safeguard margins, reduce risk and deliver successful projects.
Graduates can advance their career in quantity surveying. Typical roles include quantity surveyor, construction surveyor, construction cost consultant, cost engineer, cost analyst, cost manager, project cost coordinator, project cost controller, cost planner and commercial manager. Apprentices could work across contractors, consultancies, or client organisations, gaining the skills needed to manage costs, report progress, and contribute to key project decisions.
Five reasons your business needs a quantity surveying technician apprentice:
- Strengthen cost control: build the capability to monitor and manage expenditure across home building and construction projects.
- Support commercial planning: develop talent that can assist with budgeting, valuation and income/expenditure tracking.
- Improve contract management: ensure effective contractor selection, and administration of contracts and payments.
- Reduce disputes: maintain accurate records to help resolve legal and contractual issues efficiently.
- Enhance project delivery: empower your team to deliver financially sound, well-managed projects that meet business goals.
Please note, we can only respond to enquiries from employers, or individuals with agreement from their employer to undertake an apprenticeship.
* Subject to University approval
Course details
Course structure
Level 5 core modules
Building Finance and Commercial Awareness
You develop a comprehensive understanding of housing finance, commercial awareness and business management principles for quantity surveying practice in residential development.
This is a 20-credit module.
You are introduced to the national legal system and the law of contract, so that you have an appreciation of the legal framework in which construction organisations and projects are managed. You develop knowledge and skills in aspects of contractual administration relating to the common types of contract used in the construction industry for building or civil engineering works of various sizes.
Construction Management and Professional Skills (DA)
You develop academic skills, work-based learning strategies and personal resilience for both the workplace and your studies, exploring an area of engineering that influences professional practice.
Gain an understanding of construction management techniques relevant to projects at the design and production stages with regards to scheduling, estimating, cost and time control, quality issues, ethical issues in construction, and health and safety. You cover essential practical and transferable skills by evidencing your skills in your job role – with workplace teams and on-site training activities.
Construction Technology for Quantity Surveying
You develop an advanced understanding of residential construction technologies, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and their cost implications for quantity surveying in housing projects.
This is a 20-credit module.
Measurement, Costing and Financial Control
You develop advanced measurement techniques, costing methodologies and financial control systems, specifically for residential construction and housing development projects.
This is a 20-credit module.
You are introduced to the philosophy, theory and key concepts of sustainable development in relation to the built environment and the construction industry. You analyse the potential impacts of engineering design and construction on both the environment and society, and examine the implications of climate change and the low-carbon agenda on engineering design, construction and operation.
Level 6 core modules
Construction Management and Contracts
Students will gain an understanding of construction management techniques relevant to the construction industry with regards to estimating, cost and time control, quality issues and health & safety. This module will also provide the students with a working knowledge of procurement arrangements and cost analysis as used in the construction industry.
The nature of contract law will be explored allowing the students to develop a knowledge and understanding of the common types of contract used in the construction industry.
Formal lectures will be supported by student seminars/project work and online quizzes as appropriate in order to provide formative feedback.
Digital Information Management in Construction (DA)
Explore an area of theory that influences your practice, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to become an effective higher education work-based learner. Foster personal insight into learning and development, critically reflecting on your professional practice.
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to become an information manager, or Building Information Modelling (BIM) manager, in your future career. Learn how to manage digital BIM-based projects for the construction and engineering fields following the ISO 19650 standards.
Manage the different aspects of information including 3D model, time and cost to create, and coordination of construction projects within the BIM collaboration platform using software like Revit and Naviswork.
You develop an advanced understanding of procurement strategies, tendering processes and risk management, specifically for housing development and residential construction projects.
This is a 20-credit module.
This module extends the development of independent learning skills by allowing you to investigate an area of engineering or technology for an extended period.
You receive training in writing technical reports for knowledgeable readers and you produce a report or dissertation of the work covered. In addition, you give an oral presentation, a poster presentation or both. The topic can be in the form of a research project or a design project.
You develop key skills in research, knowledge application and creation through keynote lectures where appropriate and self-managed independent study. Support is provided through regular tutorial sessions.
Working with Clients, Suppliers and Stakeholders
You develop advanced skills in client management, supplier relationships, and stakeholder engagement within housing development and residential construction projects.
This is a 20-credit module.
Modules offered may vary.
How you learn
Modules are delivered in a block-week at the beginning with weekly online tutorials. Each module is delivered over one semester.
The work-based project module is supported by project supervisors to develop the project plan. There are weekly online supervision meetings to support the apprentice throughout the semester.
How you are assessed
The apprentice is assessed using written and computer-based exams, presentations and coursework, including reports, reflective statements and independent/group project work.
Completion of the apprenticeship is by end-point assessment (EPA) which looks at the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) developed to determine if the requirements of the standard have been met.
Please refer to the Construction Quantity Surveyor (degree) apprenticeship standard (ST0045) for further information on the KSBs that are assessed by each method and details of the EPA.
Our Disability Services team provide an inclusive and empowering learning environment and have specialist staff to support disabled students access any additional tailored resources needed. If you have a specific learning difficulty, mental health condition, autism, sensory impairment, chronic health condition or any other disability please contact a Disability Services as early as possible.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements
To be accepted on to a degree apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.
To be accepted on to a degree apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.
Apprentices must:
- hold a HNC in Quantity Surveying or equivalent, or the Level 4 Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship
- hold Level 2 qualifications in Maths and English such as GCSE grade 4 or higher.
Eligibility for apprenticeship funding in England
To qualify for apprenticeship funding in England, an apprentice must meet all the criteria outlined by the Department for Education in the Apprenticeship Funding Rules. These requirements apply to programmes starting between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2026.
1. Right to work
The apprentice must have the legal right to work in England.
2. Residency eligibility
The apprentice must meet the residency requirements detailed in Annex A of the Funding Rules. This includes (but is not limited to):
- being ordinarily resident in the UK (or specified territories) for at least three years immediately before the apprenticeship begins, unless a specific exemption applies
- exemptions may apply to individuals with:
- refugee status or humanitarian protection
- permission under the Ukraine or Afghan schemes
- stateless status
- certain family member rights
- pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
3. Visa duration and completion viability
For apprentices with time-limited immigration permission (such as visas), the permission must cover the entire duration of the apprenticeship, including the end-point assessment. If the visa expires before completion, the apprentice is not eligible for funding.
Full details can be found in the official guidance: Apprenticeship Funding Rules 2025 to 2026
You can gain considerable knowledge from work, volunteering and life. Under recognition of prior learning (RPL) you may be awarded credit for this which can be credited towards the course you want to study.
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