Construction Careers Guide
About Construction Careers
From working with modern materials to designing the next sports stadium or theme park, discover construction careers today. In a fast-changing world you could get to work with flying drones, laser technology, the latest design software and much more to build anything from landmark skyscrapers to smart homes and cities.
Did You Know?
Construction is one of the biggest sectors in the UK. It’s really diverse, modern, and future-thinking. You don’t have to get dirty or wear hard hats to build a sky-high career full of variety where your skills will always be in demand. PLUS: You can get into construction careers with T Levels!
Construction Career Guides
Get into construction with advice for all the routes you can take after school, college, university, and training. Get work experience and first job tips, example salaries and discover youth-friendly employers who want to help you get ahead!
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Architect
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Building Quality Inspector Careers
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Building Surveyor
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Carpenter and Joiner
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Civil Engineering Technician Careers
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Construction Operative
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Design Engineer Careers
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Electrician Careers
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Heating and Ventilation Engineer
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Painter and Decorator
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Plumber
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QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety & Health) Degree Apprenticeship with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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Quantity Surveyor Careers
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Scaffolder
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Site Manager
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Welder Careers
Construction Career FAQs & Insights
What would you like to know about construction careers? Maybe we can help!
- DID YOU KNOW? You can get into construction careers with T Levels!
- What types of construction apprenticeship are there?
- Construction apprenticeships – the basics
- 3 ways into a construction career
- Top skills you need for construction careers
- What can you do with a degree in construction?
- What are the best-paid construction jobs in the UK?
- Construction interview questions – how to prepare
Construction real-life stories: Meet Hanson’s LEAD Apprentice Emily Burridge
Get Into Construction Careers With Youth-Friendly Employers
These employers and organisations are here to help. They care about your potential and desire to learn, not just your qualifications and experience. They may be able to offer traineeships, apprenticeships, graduate schemes, first jobs, careers advice, wellbeing support and much more.
Discover T Levels with City & Guilds
Could T Levels be your perfect fit?
T Levels are equivalent to 3 A Levels. They're 80% classroom, 20% work with a 45-day industry placement to get you to the next level!
How Much Can You Earn With Construction Careers?
These LMI Job Trends give you a sneak peek of how much you could earn starting out for certain jobs, and how much your salary could grow with experience.
List of Construction Careers
Here’s a full list of roles and areas you could work in, so you can see how much variety there is in this sector!
- Administrative assistant
- Acoustics consultant
- Architect
- Architectural technician
- Architectural technologist
- Boat builder
- Bricklayer
- Builders’ merchant
- Building control officer
- Building quality inspector
- Building services engineer
- Building site inspector
- Building surveyor
- Building technician
- Carpenter
- Carpet fitter and floor layer
- Cavity insulation installer
- Ceiling fixer
- Civil engineer
- Civil engineering technician
- Commercial energy assessor
- Construction contracts manager
- Construction labourer
- Construction manager
- Construction operative
- Construction plant hire adviser
- Construction plant mechanic
- Construction plant operator
- Construction site supervisor
- Crane driver
- Demolition operative
- Domestic energy assessor
- Drone pilot
- Dry liner
- Electrician
- Electricity distribution worker
- Engineering construction craftworker
- Engineering construction technician
- Estimator
- Facilities manager
- Fence installer
- Gas mains layer
- Gas service technician
- General practice surveyor
- Glazier
- Heating and ventilation engineer
- Heritage officer
- Kitchen and bathroom fitter
- Land and property valuer and auctioneer
- Land surveyor
- Landscaper
- Mechanical engineering technician
- Paint sprayer
- Painter and decorator
- Pipe fitter
- Planning and development surveyor
- Plasterer
- Plumber
- PR account manager
- Quantity surveyor
- Quarry engineer
- Quarry worker
- Refrigeration and air-conditioning installer
- Road worker
- Roofer
- Rural surveyor
- Scaffolder
- Shopfitter
- Site manager
- Steel erector
- Steel fixer
- Steeplejack
- Stonemason
- Structural engineer
- Technical surveyor
- Thatcher
- Thermal insulation engineer
- Tiler
- Town planner
- Town planning assistant
- Water network operative
- Welder
- Window fitter
- Wood machinist
Construction Career Tips & Opportunities
Career Resources
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
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