Trainee Land & Engineering Surveyor Apprenticeship

Start your career in geospatial surveying with real projects from day one. Support site surveys, use advanced equipment, capture and process data, and learn n4ce/AutoCAD. Gain hands-on experience, complete RAMS, and work towards your Level 3 apprenticeship and diploma qualification with full mentor support.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Assist in planning and preparing a geospatial land survey project starting with the client’s specification
• Complete all site risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) for the site
• Set up and operate the latest survey technology under the guidance of a surveyor
• Assist the surveyor on site, collecting land, building and underground detection data
• Load information onto Powers’ project management system
• Process surveys on the computer under the guidance of a surveyor using n4ce and AutoCAD software to create technical drawings (second year of apprenticeship)
• Undertake setting out under the guidance of a surveyor on site.
• Maintain and clean all pieces of equipment and vehicles before and on return from site
• Ensure that all quality control procedures are carried out on site and in the development of a survey
• Follow procedures in accordance with Powers’ ISO certification, learning about the importance of health & safety, quality and accuracy within the business as well as the environmental and information security impacts of the company

Where you'll work

58 HILLSIDE ROAD
FRODSHAM
WA6 6AG

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Training course

Geospatial survey technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Comply with health and safety regulations
• Plan and prepare Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) and report any additional controls required
• Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Carry out adjustment checks on survey equipment
• Interpret information from client drawings and specifications
• Gather and interpret information from a range of sources
• Communicate with others verbally, for example colleagues and stakeholders
• Plan surveys selecting survey equipment for a project according to the client's specification
• Planning routes to existing and new sites
• Establish a survey control on site for example using total station, GNSS or levels
• Use setting out engineering equipment and techniques, for example measuring tapes and string, distances and bearings, total station using co-ordinates to peg out co-ordinates, grid lines and off sets
• Use survey equipment, for example total stations, levels, laser scanners, and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) using geodetic parameters
• Capture and record geospatial survey data, for example topographic, river sections, drainage invert surveys, volumetric calculations, as-built surveys and measured building surveys
• Select and use surveying processing software for processing data into either 2D or 3D drawing's or 3D models
• Produce geospatial survey reports using computer software
• Apply quality assurance procedures: site work, drawing, model or report
• Manage time and tasks to meet project deadlines
• Comply with relevant industry legislation and regulations when undertaking geospatial work
• Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers
• Comply with environmental, social, human and economic sustainability regulations and requirements, for example safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, efficient use of resources, contributing to the community, volunteering within the geospatial industry