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Property and Planning

Asset Skills works within the property and planning industries to find solutions to problems employers have highlighted to us.

Our Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) research found there is a major shortage of town planners and an ageing, male-dominated surveyor population.

There are other job roles we promote including estate agents, letting agents, block managers, energy inspectors and auctioneers.

Current projects include:

Town Planning - potential Apprenticeship survey -
we would like to gauge the need among planning employers for an apprenticeship to be developed, click on the title for more information.
Surveying - we are working on redressing the age and gender imbalance within the profession. We helped develop a pilot programme that delivered an apprenticeship scheme for new young surveyors.
Planning - we produced a Graduate Training & development research project with the Improvement Service in Scotland.
We have supported and promoted a new Foundation Degree in Development Management - a fundamental part of the planning role.
We have successfully piloted interactive careers materials to promote planning to young people in Northern Ireland and plan to roll this out across the UK.
Licensing of estate agents - a review by Sir Bryan Carsberg has called for minimum qualifications for estate agents, in issue in our SSA action plan. We supported this review by making our research and help available where necessary.
Industry guidance and training - we produce guidance and training products that arise from new working practices and legislation.

Careers and Qualifications in Property and Planning

Click here for an overview of the Apprenticeship in Property Services: Sale of Residential Property

Click here for an overview of the Apprenticeship in Property Services: Residential Lettings

Click here for an overview of the Apprenticeship in Surveying

For a career progression route table showing how you could advance your career through qualifications and experience please click here

Property Tracker

The Asset Skills Property Tracker provides a consolidated view of the property market in England and across the UK as a whole, drawing on key industry surveys to provide up-to-date information on a number of key areas and any skills implications that changes in these areas may have for property professionals.

Click here to read the Asset Skills Property Tracker

For more information on vocational qualifications in property and planning, please see the Qualifications and Standards section of this website.

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