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In today's global market construction still sits as one of the leaders in industry. It builds from a wealth of skill sets which include Design, Architecture, Building Skills and Health & Safety factors. There are many routes to a variety of careers within the Construction Industry.

In the main people have three category levels to choose from when considering careers within the Construction Industry. The 'Unskilled' and 'Semi Skilled' workforce are generally the on-site labour with little or no formal construction qualifications. Skilled workers come next - they're often foremen or works managers who have a reasonable amount of experience and knowledge of their business. Last of all come the Management and Technical Professionals. Due to the fact that these people hold the highest qualifications in this sector they are the ones who manage, plan, design and train the construction methods.

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Construction Training within Great Britain

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. Within the UK over eight thousand apprenticeships in construction started in two thousand and seven alone. Today, as well as the eighteen thousand or so people being trained in construction, there are well over six hundred thousand people working in the industry.

There are three different sectors in the construction industry as a whole. They all take a range of skills to complete each assignment, though some overlap with each other.

Building construction is the first part of the review. Generally this is where a new structure is attached to a building. On the whole they tend to be small in scale and take a few weeks at most. Civil and Heavy Construction is the second type of construction between Building and Industrial. Sitting at the top in terms of scale is industrial construction. The owners of these large-scale projects are usually vast for-profit, industrial corporations.

The scale of building work undertaken from Building to Industrial Construction is very extensive. The range of plans also raises the costs, with large industrial projects sometimes costing up to a billion pounds or more. Professional careers in the construction industry include the following:

Civil Engineer

Usually Civil Engineers hold degree level qualifications in their subject matter. A respected accreditation is that of the Chartered Engineer status as offered through the Institute of Civil Engineers. New university graduates are usually expected to hold a Master's Degree to become Chartered. Graduates can become Incorporated Engineers through Bachelor Degree status.

Building Services Engineers

The construction industry also needs Building Services Engineers. Typically these people have Mechanical Engineering degrees or Electrical Engineering degrees. BS engineers can enhance their career prospects by joining their chartered institute. Membership at different levels is available for anyone studying or working in building services.

Project Manager

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 Surveyors

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.

Structural Engineering

Senior structural engineers generally hold a Bachelors or Masters Degree in structural engineering. There are various membership levels should you wish to join the Institute of Structural Engineers, which reflect the diversity of recognised academic qualifications around the world.

Architect

Architectural students must be prepared for a lengthy training process, which includes a university degree and post-grad study and work. Architects work closely with other construction professionals, such as engineers, quantity surveyors and the other specialists referred to above.