Careers With Construction Management Degrees & Diplomas

In the current global economy, construction remains one of the stalwarts of the market. Modern construction utilises Planning, Architecture, Health and Safety and Green Engineering in its workflow as well as actual Building skill-sets. There are so many different ways to become a professional worker in construction.

Basically, there are three tiers of careers within the construction industry. The main on-site labour is often referred to as un-skilled or semi-skilled, primarily due to the lack of formal industry qualifications. Next are the managers and foremen who work on-site. They hold a good level of technical knowledge and are often referred to as "skilled" labour.

And then there are those listed as Technicians and Managers. The people who work in these professions are responsible for planning and executing complete projects. By typing CTRL-D and book-marking this page you will be able to come back later on and check out the links and adverts to some of the training companies featured here.

An Overview to Construction Training

Skilled professionals in the UK often need formal accreditations - especially in those areas of vocational expertise. There are a number of ways for people to get their qualifications, whether this is by work-related training or through an FE college. During 2007, some eight thousand five hundred construction based scholarships were pursued in the Britain. Two years on and that training number has increased to eighteen thousand.

Within construction itself, there are three types of processes: Building Construction, Heavy/Civil Construction and Industrial Construction. They all take a range of skills to complete each assignment, though some overlap with each other.

The first is Building Construction. Essentially this is where extensions are built onto existing houses. On the whole they tend to be small in scale and take a few weeks at most. Heavy/Civil Construction is essentially the domain of the medium-sized 'build-for-profit' companies. Then there's Industrial Construction, which is a specialised but smaller division of the industry. The owners of these large-scale projects are usually vast for-profit, industrial corporations.

As you go through the list from Building Construction to Industrial Construction, the size of the job increases massively. Financiers looking to fund the biggest industrial concerns sometimes have to raise tens of millions or more in investment money before they can get started. Below you'll find a list of professional construction related careers and training requirements.

Civil Engineering

A Civil Engineer usually holds a degree in a relative subject. A prestigious element issued by the Institution of Civil Engineers is that of the Chartered Engineer. To become a Chartered Engineer, university graduates are likely to have a Masters Degree. Bachelor of Engineering degrees are generally a prerequisite to reaching the Incorporated Engineer level.

Structural Engineer

For a career in structural engineering, you need a vocational qualification (NVQ) in an engineering or construction related subject, or a structural engineering degree. New university graduates must hold a Masters Degree to gain Chartered status from the Institute of Structural Engineers.

Architecture

Anyone who wishes to become an architect should allow for seven or more years of study and work experience to become fully qualified. Professional status is monitored and assessed in the UK by RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Building Services Engineer

Another engineering discipline needed in construction is Building Services Engineering. A Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree is normally held by most applicants to this post. The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers welcomes members, and offers memberships from Affiliate through to Fellow depending on status.

Project Managers

Often it's by being qualified in either quantity surveying or civil engineering, along with a professional certification such as PRINCE 2 that these positions become available.

Quantity Surveying

The first stage to becoming a quantity surveyor is to graduate with an approved degree or masters degree. Chartered status is gained from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.