An analysis of early career training requirements for quantity surveying professionals

Lee, Cynthia Chin Tian, Perera, Srinath and Hogg, Keith (2013) An analysis of early career training requirements for quantity surveying professionals. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 17 (2). pp. 161-173. ISSN 1648-715X

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715X.2013.805450

Abstract

Early career experience can play a significant part in lifelong professional capability and the support and knowledge gained during the early years of graduate employment can influence future career direction and success. Whilst there are prescribed models of graduate development relative to the surveying professions, for example, those relating to the APC utilised by the RICS, there has been little evaluation in terms of their relative contribution to career success. Through the use of a questionnaire survey, the issue of learning and development for new graduates in their early career, the extent to which new graduates perceive themselves to be competent in various major quantity surveying activities and, the range of graduate training provided by the employer were explored. The main conclusions drawn from the study are that: new graduates exhibit a high level of self-doubt in professional competence; task competence is influenced by frequency of application, years of postgraduate experience and the mode of study taken by graduates in entering the QS profession. There is a difference between training received by graduates working for consultant and contracting employers. Graduates from full time study mode tend to receive more training from their employers compared to part time graduates.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Assessment of professional competence (APC), early career training, new graduates, quantity surveying (QS), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Subjects: K200 Building
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2013 07:21
Last Modified: 13 Oct 2019 00:20
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/13773

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics