A day in the life of... a Building Surveyor

[@guyowen9727]

Really good introduction. Helped me explain to my 7 year old what I do for a living. The doctor of buildings was a great analogy

[@av8r.007]

Remember, the moisture meter is basically a toy. Treat it as such and don’t trust it more than your own eyes and nose. I have been a chartered building surveyor for 40 years.

[@debstar2005]

I agree, I don’t use it unless I know the surface is completely dry to demonstrate it’s dry. Your better off touching areas looking for leaks , looking at water stains and identifying mould growth properly.. damp meters in my opinion give a false positive..

[@miladkhan2285]

Very good info

[@dyezmordz6390]

Would you say the apprenticeship route is better then the uni route?

[@wisdombrothers7880]

Apprenticeship route is always better

[@Infinity-dp8sc]

that’s what i’m going to do

[@jamiedude1050]

Yeah 100% the apprenticeship degree is better, I've just finished my QS degree at uni but I want to go into Building Surveying instead so I'm struggling to find a role. Apprenticeship degree gets you in a much better position than uni graduates also because you have no debt and will have four odd years of experience by the time you get your degree. Uni's good for a pissup really.

[@dyezmordz6390]

@@jamiedude1050 there are so flew building surveyor degree apprenticeship though. It's a if uni is the only option

[@jamiedude1050]

@@dyezmordz6390 If that's the case then yeah uni is the way forward, it's not a bad experience but apprenticeship degree just puts you in a better position after you've completed the degree. Both are fine to be honest and the independence and confidence learned from student life is very beneficial too. But if you do the uni route, make sure you do a placement year in a Building Surveying firm. The year of experience on your CV will help massively when finding a job after you graduate.

[@infernogamers168]

What's the difference between a chartered surveyor and a chartered quantity surveyor?

[@studyucem]

There are differences between Surveyors and Chartered Surveyors. Talk to our Careers Team, they can help with this. The email address on this page: www.ucem.ac.uk/job-shop/

[@miladkhan2285]

I don't think any difference between these two terms

[@debstar2005]

One about cost the other is the physical aspect of surveying

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Is this a well paid career? I'm an engineer in Aerospace industry but thinking of changing career because the pay is terrible and not at all in line with prices of goods in 2021

[@gavinpaul519]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 building surveyor start £40k. SAVA have a degree course that costs £15,000. Take 2 years to complete part time.

[@thewinchesters8751]

So basically we don't need them lol

[@gs-fx5zq]

Definitely do my friend! Surveyors diagnose defects in a building/living space which has a large varied impact on the people and their health. Especially damp which is seen as a silent killer which has many harmful characteristics and dont forget babies and elders are affected

[@jhaych]

So who else would perform the role?

[@zakotheklown3506]

Did u even watch teh video ? 💀

[@waitingtuber6813]

Every building needs a building surveyor, without his go ahead, you cannot start building