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Quantity Surveying Apprentice (Level 4)

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Our Commercial Team
Our Commercial team keeps JSM's projects on budget and on contract. As a Quantity Surveying Apprentice, you'll help monitor and control the costs and commercial side of our construction and infrastructure projects, learning from experienced surveyors.
Wage
£24,000 a year
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Training Course
Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday – Friday (8.00 am - 5.00 pm with one hour lunch). 40 hours a week
Start Date
Monday 21 September 2026
Duration
3 years
Positions Available
1
What You'll Do at Work
- Assist quantity surveyors and senior quantity surveyors with budgeting, cost planning and controlling costs across projects.
- Help measure and value completed work and support interim valuations and payment applications.
- Support procurement – obtaining and comparing quotes and helping select and manage subcontractors and suppliers.
- Help administer contracts and keep accurate records that support fair, dispute-free working.
- Record, control and report income and expenditure, and help prepare cash-flow, cost forecasts and financial reports.
- Assist with collecting, collating, storing and analysing commercial data, keeping files organised.
- Apply health & safety and sustainability principles to your commercial work.
- Build good working relationships with the project team, clients and the supply chain, and contribute to meetings.
- Work to the industry code of ethics and complete your apprenticeship coursework.
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Where You'll Work
Sterling House
Mutton Lane
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 3AR
Training Provider
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Training Course
Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)
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What You'll Learn
Course Contents
- Health and Safety: Apply health and safety issues to all activities.
- Sustainability: Demonstrate application of the principles of sustainability.
- Construction Technology: Assist in the implementation of the most appropriate solutions for construction projects
- Contracts: Be able to apply different types of contracts to different situations.
- Procurement: Assist in the selection of and negotiation with specialist contractors for a construction project.
- Cost control: Assist in the measurement and costing of construction works during a project.
- Financial reporting: Assist in the preparation of financial reports, cash flow and cost forecasts for a construction project.
- Administration: Assist in the collection, collation and storage of relevant data and its analysis.
Training Schedule
This apprenticeship is delivered as a weekly day release at the Institute of Technology.
L4 Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Standard
Behaviour, Skills and Knowledge.
Essential Qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 / C or above)
- Maths (grade 4 / C or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.


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Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
JSM Group
JSM Group brings together three connected businesses – Power, Digital Infrastructure and Advisory – to design, build and connect the infrastructure the country relies on, from concept to connection.
Behind our project teams are the people who keep JSM running and winning work: our IT, Pre-Construction and Commercial teams. An apprenticeship with us means real responsibility from day one, a nationally recognised qualification, and the support of experienced colleagues who want you to succeed.
Our values shape how we work: we are Personal (human, caring and accountable), Brilliant (better together), Driven (determined and always improving) and known for Sound Judgment (making intelligent, well-reasoned decisions).
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There is an opportunity to secure a permanent position at the end of successfully completing the apprenticeship.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWHAM COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
Reference Code
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045105.
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