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Construction and the built environment

Building the places people live and work, on-site and hands-on from day one.
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Architect (integrated degree)
Level 7 · Master's · 4 yrs
Architectural assistant (integrated degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 4 yrs
BEMS (building energy management systems) controls engineer
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Bricklayer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Building control surveyor (integrated degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 4 yrs
Building service engineering foundation apprenticeship
Level 2 · GCSE level · 8 mo
Building services engineer
Level 6 · Degree · 5 yrs
Building services engineering craftsperson
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Building services engineering installer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Building services engineering senior technician
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Building services engineering service and maintenance engineer
Level 3 · A-level · 4 yrs
Building services engineering technician 2022
Level 3 · A-level · 2.7 yrs
Carpentry and joinery
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Chartered surveyor (degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 5 yrs
Chartered town planner (degree)
Level 7 · Master's · 5 yrs
Civil engineer
Level 6 · Degree · 5 yrs
Civil engineering senior technician
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Civil engineering technician
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
CNFE - Cellular network field engineer
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Commercial thermal insulation operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Construction assembly and installation operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Construction design and build technician
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Construction plant operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.3 yr
Construction quantity surveying technician
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Construction quantity surveyor (degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 3 yrs
Construction site management (degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 3 yrs
Construction site supervisor
Level 4 · Higher · 3 yrs
Construction support technician
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Craft bricklayer
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Craft carpentry and joinery
Level 3 · A-level · 1.3 yr
Craft painter and decorator
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Craft plasterer
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Curtain wall installer
Level 3 · A-level · 2.5 yrs
Demolition operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Design and construction management (degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 4 yrs
Digital engineering technician
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Domestic electrician
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Dual fuel smart meter installer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 8 mo
Electric vehicle (EV) charging point installation and maintenance – Apprenticeship unit
Level 3 · A-level
Energy manager
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Engineering construction erector rigger
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Engineering construction pipefitter
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Facilities management supervisor
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Facilities manager
Level 4 · Higher · 2 yrs
Facilities services operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1 yr
Fall protection technician
Level 3 · A-level · 1 yr
Fencing installer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Fenestration installer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Finishing trades foundation apprenticeship
Level 2 · GCSE level · 8 mo
Fire emergency and security systems technician
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Fire safety engineer
Level 6 · Degree · 5 yrs
Fitted interiors installer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Floorlayer - textile and resilient
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2.5 yrs
Floorlayer wood based
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2.5 yrs
Formworker
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Gas engineering operative
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Geospatial mapping and science specialist (degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 5 yrs
Geospatial survey technician
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Groundworker
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Highways electrician or service operative
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Highways maintenance skilled operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Hire controller (plant, tools and equipment)
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1 yr
Industrial thermal insulation technician
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Installation and maintenance electrician
Level 3 · A-level · 4.5 yrs
Insulation installation operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Interior systems installer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Landscape technician
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Lead traffic management operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Lifting technician
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Lightning protection operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Low carbon heating technician
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Mastic asphalter
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2.8 yrs
Military engineering construction technician
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Onsite trades foundation apprenticeship
Level 2 · GCSE level · 8 mo
Painter and decorator
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Permanent modular building assembly – Apprenticeship unit
Level 2 · GCSE level
Piling attendant
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Plasterer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Plumbing and domestic heating technician
Level 3 · A-level · 4 yrs
Powered pedestrian door installer and service engineer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Property maintenance operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician
Level 3 · A-level · 3 yrs
Road surfacing operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.3 yr
Roofer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Scaffolder
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Senior and head of facilities management (integrated degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 3.5 yrs
Smart home technician
Level 3 · A-level · 1.5 yr
Solar PV installation and maintenance – Apprenticeship unit
Level 3 · A-level
Steel fixer
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
Steeplejack
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Stonemason
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Surveying technician
Level 3 · A-level · 2 yrs
Telecoms field operative
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.3 yr
Thatcher
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2 yrs
Town planning assistant
Level 4 · Higher · 2 yrs
Transport planner (integrated degree)
Level 6 · Degree · 5 yrs
Transport planning technician
Level 3 · A-level · 2.5 yrs
Wall and floor tiler
Level 2 · GCSE level · 2.5 yrs
Wireless communications rigger
Level 2 · GCSE level · 1.5 yr
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