Land and Property Management and Surveying
This page has been designed to give a starting point for those looking into careers in Land and Property Management and Surveying.
What is land and property management and surveying?
A profession where the built environment meets finance. You could be creating multimillion pound investment strategies, acquiring retail premises or managing a rural estate.
According to Asset Skills 349,425 people were employed in the property services and housing industry across the UK in 2004 and 52% of the workforce is female. Employment in this sector is concentrated in London, the South East and East of England.
Asset Skills
Asset Skills is the Sector Skills Council for the Property, Facilities Management, Housing and Cleaning industries. You will find careers information for all of these industries, including case studies. In addition to this you will find labour market information which details the current labour market for each of these industries.
www.assetskills.org/
Prospects
Prospects is a graduate careers website with job profiles relating to construction and property.
www.prospects.ac.uk/types_of_jobs_construction_property
In addition the Prospects website has a guide to the construction sector. This is also available in hard copy at your careers centre.
www.prospects.ac.uk/links/ConstructionSB
Targetjobs
Targetjobs is a graduate careers website with the following job sector information.
Property
How do I get into it?
You might have a degree in estate management, building surveying and construction management. This is the most straightforward route – working in property is the next logical step after a related degree.
Some firms only recruit graduates who have done a property-related degree but this isn’t always the case.
Note that your degree must be accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) if you want to become chartered. And if you want to get anywhere in the profession, you’re going to need to be chartered..
Having work experience, not necessarily directly related to the sector, will help applications for jobs.
(Targetjobs).
Asset Skills
Asset Skills is the Sector Skills Council for the Property, Facilities Management, Housing and Cleaning industries. You will find careers information for all of these industries, including case studies.
www.assetskills.org
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Includes pages on the work of both chartered and technical surveyors. Find out how to enter the profession depending on your current level of qualifications.
www.rics.org/becomeasurveyor
Look for courses at the university
See the courses databases for the University of Brighton courses in this area.
http://courses.brighton.ac.uk/
Finding a job or employer in this sector
Building
This site brings together all aspects of news in the sector. It also includes a careers and jobs section.
www.building.co.uk
Careers Box
TTC Training are a leading UK-based provider of high-quality training for the property sector.
careersbox.co.uk/films/ttc
Randstadt
Recruits for permanent and contract facilities management, procurement, real estate, project management and health & safety jobs.
www.randstadfp.com
Jobs in Construction
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Property Week
See our section on looking for work.
Further information and useful links
Building
Association of Building Engineers (ABE)
The ABE is the professional body for those specialising in the technology of building. Amongst other information you will find an education section.
www.abe.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
The CIOB is the leading body for managers in construction, setting the pace globally for high standards of professionalism in the built environment. You will find and education and careers section on their website.
www.ciob.org.uk
Surveyors
Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists
The (AGS) is a non-profit making trade association established to improve the profile and quality of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Contains a directory of members.
Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)
The ICES exists to encourage and regulate the professional aspirations of quantity surveyors and land surveyors working within the civil engineering sector.
www.ices.org.uk
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
RICS is the leading source of land, property, construction and related environmental knowledge.
www.rics.org/
Housing
Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)
ARLA is the only professional self-regulating body to be solely concerned with lettings. You will find information on a career in lettings here.
www.arla.co.uk
Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)
The CLC is the regulatory body for Licensed Conveyancers who are qualified specialist property lawyers.
www.conveyancers.gov.uk
National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)
The NAEA is the UK’s leading professional body for estate agency. They have a careers in estate agency section.
www.naea.co.uk
National Housing Federation
The body that represents the independent social housing sector.
www.housing.org.uk
AllHousingJobs
No1 for social housing jobs.
www.allhousingjobs.co.uk/index.asp
Facilities Management
British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)
BIFM is the UK’s lead institute representing the interests of those who practice facilities management and those who work in organisations supplying FM related goods or services. There is a jobs and career development section on their website.
www.bifm.org.uk
IMSPA
IMSPA is the professional body for sport, parks and leisure professionals.
www.imspa.co.uk