Make sure the money is there to build the buildings Work on projects from start to finish, particularly ensuring they are well managed financially. Most of our domestic students have a cadet position before they have finished their degree. What is it Like? Skills employers seek A quantity surveyor is an exciting and vital role in the building industry. You’ll work on projects from initiation to completion, helping them to stay on track financially. It’s a challenging and interesting role where you’ll be looked to for your problem-solving skills to help the project go to plan. Massey’s Bachelor of Construction with a major in quantity surveying will teach you all the skills you need to be a sought-after quantity surveyor. Sought-after by employers There is great demand for people with a Bachelor of Construction. Most students are offered employment before they have even completed their qualification. Internationally-accredited Join the only construction qualification in New Zealand accredited by the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS)and the NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS) and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The Bachelor of Construction will help you become a construction expert who can contribute to all sectors of the construction industry, highly sought-after by employers and internationally recognised. Digital technology is integral to your learning Extensive use is made of digital technology during your study towards your construction degree. All courses have an online teaching component and you can use your tablet or Smartphone to ask or answer questions during lectures. Some assignments will require you to prepare a video of your work. Core courses for construction will teach you vital digital skills including Computer Aided drawing (CAD) and computer modeling of buildings (BIM). Earn more A Ministry of Education report, undertaken over nine years, showed that those who complete a qualification in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics field of study have high relative earnings after they complete their study. Earnings can be substantially more than other graduates. Engineering and building-related fields have the largest earnings premiums over the national median of young graduates. Careers When you graduate you could work in a number of areas, with a key role being working on the budgeting of construction projects. You’ll prepare tender and contract documentation and undertake project appraisals. Produce contract documentation, offer procurement advice, and carry out tender planning and adjudication at the tendering stages. You liaise between the client and the construction company, draft and provide advice on contracts, manage subcontractors and a number of other roles. You may also undertake wider roles including arbitration, project management, expert witness, negotiations and dispute resolutions.