surveyor

[jasonkendall]

what course does a yr 12 student need to enroll in at university to become a surveyor

[planetmartin]

Most Construction and Civil Engineering courses have an element of Surveying involved in them.  Civil Engineers have to "set out" the site before construction begins, therefore they have to be trained in the use of surveying equipment.  Newly qualified Engineers do a lot of this sort of thing.

Why not phone some surveyors and ask them if you can shadow a surveyor for a day.  This would help you understand what surveyors have to do on a daily basis and give you a chance to ask some specific questions about training. 

Try these links as well:

http://www.rics.org/default (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)

http://www.ice.org.uk/education/homepage/what_civil_engineering.asp (Institution of Civil Engineers) 

[Octavius]

It depends what kind of surveyor you want to be, but most university courses have a gebneral surveying in year 1, enabling you to branch into your preferred field from year 2 onwards:

Agricultural surveyor 
Building surveyor 
Marine/Hydrographic surveyor 
Insurance risk surveyor
Land surveyor/geomatics surveyor 
Minerals surveyor
Planning and development surveyor 
Quantity surveyor 
Rural practice surveyor 
Urban general practice surveyor

[Octavius]

Furthermore:

The College of Estate Management (Reading University) is one of the best in the UK.  However, (for surveying)other good uni's include Kingston Upon Thanes and Nottingham Trent, but this will depend on the type of surveying.

The RICS will have a list of approved universities which will enable you to become a Probationer of the RICS menaing you can use the extensive library for research.

I am a chartered surveyor so if you need anything further just ask. 

[Octavius]

Sorry, my spelling has gone up the shoot today.