Degree Apprenticeship roles
Learn more about the types of roles available
We’ve provided an overview of some of the types of roles available via the LJMU Degree Apprenticeship route so you can get an idea of the career prospects, types of employers, what’s involved in your future role and typical salaries.
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Civil engineer
What’s involved in the role?
A civil engineer is involved in the design and management of construction projects.
Responsibilities (some of which may include):
- Working alongside clients to plan projects
- Creating blueprints
- Evaluating sites for risks to the environment
- Analysing surveys
- Writing reports and preparing bids
- Testing and mapping data using software
Typical salaries for qualified individuals:
Starting: £24,000
Experienced: £25,000 - £45,000
Senior: £50,000 - £80,000
Skills required:
- Project management skills
- Numerical and IT skills
- Ability to explain designs to a range of people
- Ability to analyse data
Types of employers:
- Contractors and consultancies within the construction industry
- Engineering companies
- Local authorities, government and environmental organisations
Construction manager
What’s involved in the role?
Working within a building company or specialist subcontractor, you’ll be involved in managing the construction process.
Responsibilities (some of which may include):
- Reviewing construction plans with surveyors, architects and engineers
- Managing and monitoring of costs, staff, progress and materials
Typical salaries for qualified individuals:
Starting: £27,000 - £33,000
Experienced: £35,000 - £50,000
Senior: £60,000+
Skills required:
- Ability to lead a team
- Project management skills
- Numeracy and IT skills
Policing
What’s involved in the role:
Roles in the police, security, risk management or criminal justice are concerned with protecting the public.
Responsibilities (as a police officer, some of which may include):
- Patrolling the community, keeping peace and enforcing legislation
- Responding to calls and requests from the public to provide assistance at incidents
- Carrying out interviews and taking statements from those involved in a crime
- Conducting arrests
- Gathering evidence and intelligence, submitting crime reports, testifying in court
Typical salaries for qualified individuals:
Police constables starting: £19,383 - £22,962
Experienced (at the top of the scale): £37,254
Sergeants, inspectors and chief inspectors: £36,885 - £55,005
Skills required:
- Effective communication skills
- Confident and calm manner
- Problem solving abilities
- Honesty, integrity and resilience
- Ability to work as part of a team
Types of employers:
Police forces, transport police, Ministry of Defence Police.
Quantity surveyor
What’s involved in the role?
A quantity surveyor manages the costs relating to building and civil engineering projects. One of the main purposes of the role is to minimise the costs of a project while maintaining the standards and quality required for the build.
Responsibilities (some of which may include):
- Helping to establish a client’s requirements
- Preparing contracts and tenders
- Writing progress reports
- Analysing costs for repair and maintenance work
- Managing the workload of subcontractors
- Performing risk management and cost control
- Valuing work and arranging payment
Typical salaries for qualified individuals:
Starting: £20,000 - £30,000
Senior: £45,000 - £65,000
Skills required:
- Problem solving skills
- Good numeracy and financial management skills
- Ability to negotiate
- Understanding of building and construction technology and processes as well as legal and business matters
- Ability to work well in a team
- Methodical
- Excellent written and oral communication to write reports and relay complex information
Types of employers:
- Architects
- Housing associations and property developers
- Local authorities
- Commercial businesses
- Engineering companies
