Program Overview

Advanced Quantity Surveyor Apprenticeship

Overview

The Advanced Quantity Surveyor Apprenticeship is a programme of structured education and training combining workplace learning with learning at TUS. Apprentices are employed allowing them to ‘earn while they learn.’

Once completed, graduates will have gained valuable experience as well as a Master’s degree – Advanced Quantity Surveyor. With the high demand for Quantity Surveyors in Ireland, Graduates can look forward to excellent job opportunities!

The programme has been designed having an eye to the standards set out by the SCSI. The programme has been mapped against the professional competencies identified within the SCSI Quantity Surveying pathway and is accredited by SCSI, providing a route to Chartered Membership for all graduates of the programme.

Students registered on this programme can begin their Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) leading to Chartered Membership with SCSI simultaneously while studying.

Eligibility & Fees

• A primary honours degree (Level 8) in a built environment programme with a minimum award of 2.2.
• Have successfully completed a Post Graduate Diploma in a built environment programme.
• An appropriate professional built environment qualification (i.e. Chartered membership of the SCSI, EI, CIOB etc.) and at least 2 years relevant professional experience/responsibility.
• A primary honours degree (Level 8) with a minimum award of 2.2 and at least 5 years relevant professional responsibility and experience within the built environment and/or ability evidenced by an RPL portfolio of prior experience and learning.

International & Special Case Registrations:

• Equivalent Qualifications. Applicants with equivalent qualifications on the European and International frameworks will also be considered.
• Special Case Registrations: Prospective participants who do not meet the entry requirements for the programme detailed above, but who may qualify for admission by meeting certain other equivalent criteria, should contact the consortium team for advice in the first instance. Note: An interview may form part of the selection process for special case registrations.

Fees

An annual student registration charge of €3,300 per year pre apprentice is required. This can be paid by the apprentice or the employer on their behalf.

Programme Structure

Semester 1: 2 days per week in TUS, 3 days on-the-job

• Measurement | 5
• Procurement & Tendering | 10
• Project Management & BIM | 5
• Construction Economics | 5
• Land Use Planning | 5
• Total | 30

Semester 2: 1 day per week in TUS , 4 days on-the-job

• Competencies Register & Reflective Diary | 10
• Work Based Capstone Project – 1 | 5
• Knowledge Management | 5
• Cost Planning & Value Management | 10
• Total | 30

Semester 3: 1 day per week in TUS , 4 days on-the-job

• Strategic Contract Management | 10
• Measurement | 10
• Capstone Research Project 2 | 10
• Total | 30

Semester 4: 1 day per week in TUS , 4 days on-the-job

• Commercial Knowledge | 10
• Capstone Research Project 3 | 15
• Risk Management | 5
• Total | 30

Further Information

How to apply

To begin the Apprenticeship you will need to source a registered employer working within the sector. You can do this by contacting employers working in this sector, or by applying to TUS.

Employer Information

The Advanced Quantity Surveyor Apprenticeship is open to all Quantity Surveying and related companies within Ireland. The company must have direct involvement in Quantity Surveying to allow the apprentice to achieve the learning outcomes of the programme. Apprentices can be appointed from within an employer’s existing workforce or can be recruited as a new resource.

The company must get approval to train apprentices. To do this companies must demonstrate that you have the capacity and the ability to provide quality, relevant on-the-job training to apprentices. You must also allow the apprentice to attend all classroom / online learning days and these days count as workdays.