The unseen professionals:
​behind the scenes of the Construction site

Remember you can use the toolkit to work through the resources on these pages.

Professional roles within the Built Environment and Construction often go unseen by the public and are understood to require academic or vocational training. This can include studying at University or via a Graduate Apprenticeship programme.

Here individuals, who have followed this type of career pathway, share insight from their journeys into a range of careers, the skills they have developed and their advice for succeeding.

Professionals from within our partner organisations who have followed a Graduate Apprenticeship or University route talk about their careers to date.

From Architecture to Quantity Surveying, their career insight is a fascinating look at the different routes people choose to explore.

Thanks so CCG Scotland, Morrison Construction and Strathclyde University. ​

​Discussion starters and activities to use with this film can be found in the Build Your Future Toolkit.

Our industry partners have highlighted some of the career insights the industry professionals within their organisations have provided. Here, we highlight some further great activity and interesting resources.

Click on the image opposite to download the Professionals in Construction Career Profiles from our partners. In this section of the Careers Profile Pack you can find relevant insight from: 
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• ​Fiona Ferguson, Architectural Student at Strathclyde University 
• ​Christina Stuart, Architect with Historic Environment Scotland
• Jessica Hunnisett, District Surveyor with Historic Environment Scotland
• Tamala Chinjala, Quantity Surveyor at CCG (Scotland)
• Tom Forrest, Graduate Apprentice Civil Engineer at Morrison Construction
• George Watt, Estimating Director at McLaughlin & Harvey
• Steven Traynor, Framework Manager with Robertson Group​

​You can access the full Build Your Future Career Profiles Pack on our resources page.

#NoWrongPath

Carol Cameron, Group Development Director for Procast answers our questions on her Career pathway so far
and shows us that there is #NoWrongPath

Spotlight on Building standards

The role of Building Standards is vital in any construction project.

Local authorities are responsible for granting permission for work to be done and for a completed building to be occupied. 

My World of Work Live recently recorded a webisode with Danny Henderson of City of Edinburgh Council to find out more about his role and what Building Standards Officers actually do. You can also explore the short #NoWrongPath insights from his colleagues below: 

Danielle Lewis
West Lothian Council

Fiona Farrell
​South Lanarkshire Council

Emma Thomas
​Moray Council

Calum Ord
​Moray Council

You can also read a case study from Ryan Watson, current on a Graduate Apprenticeship programme in Building Standards,
​in the Heriot Watt section below. 

graduate apprenticeships with heriot watt

Click the images below for links to the case studies and articles from Graduate Apprentices with Morgan Sindall, Kingdom Housing, Building Standards, and ​Cala Homes.

Quantity Surveyor

Site Manager

Assistant Planner &
​Graduate Design Manager

Graduate Apprentice Civil Engineer

Graduate Project Manager

Human Resources

This section provides further insight into the roles, skills and pathways of a professional in the Construction Industry.

“If you can’t see it you can’t be it. We want to showcase the whole construction supply chain, which is what we have tried to do with ‘Build Your Future’. If school pupils don’t know these potential careers exist within the built environment then they can’t pursue them.

John McKinney, the Scottish Traditional Building Forum