Building Surveyor
Ensure buildings are constructed safely and meet legislative requirements.
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- What's it like to be a Building Surveyor?
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- Top skills and experience for Building Surveyors
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- Building Surveyor role reviews
What's it like to be a Building Surveyor?
Building Surveyors are responsible for ensuring that buildings are constructed safely and are suitable to be occupied. To do this, Building Surveyors consider, consult, advise and enforce legislative requirements.
Tasks and duties
- Assessing, approving and reviewing building works on existing and new buildings.
- Conducting onsite inspections during the building process, ensuring the construction meets compliance, is structurally sound, energy efficient, accessible and able to be safely occupied.
- Conducting pre-purchase inspections of buildings, audit for accessibility, and document and report on breaches and altered plans.
How to become a Building Surveyor
To become a Building Surveyor in Australia, a qualification in building surveying is usually required. These are typically three-year, full time, bachelor-level qualifications.
- Undertake a qualification in building surveying. This will usually be a Bachelor of Building Surveying. Prerequisite subjects are typically English and mathematics.
- Some states require accreditation from the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS), so ensure your chosen course meets your state’s requirements.
- Gather professional experience in building surveying and undertake professional development activities each year in order to work your way up to a professional who can undertake the assessment, approval and inspection of all buildings
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Building Surveyor employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Building Surveying
Building Code of Australia
Building Certification
National Construction Code
Local Government
Building Inspection
Fire Safety
Site Inspections
Accreditation
Australian Standards
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Latest Building Surveyor reviews
Nov 2018
Building surveying is a job for leaders in the building industry cause final sign off is up to you.
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Building Surveying
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationBuilding
The good thingsIn my role as an assistant Building Surveyor I get to help our clients achieve compliance for their commercial or domestic building work. I use my problem solving skills along with my customer service...
The challengesThe biggest challenge working as an assistant Building Surveyor is working in law enforcement. Most people will obey the Building Act and the Building Regulations however you do come across a couple o...
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Oct 2018
people dont always like us but at times they totally count on us (municipal building surveyors)
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Science
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
Specialisationbuilding surveying and inspections
The good thingsthe sense of responsibility
to make people feel safe in their environment
going to different situations and issues on building sites and in relation to building works nearly all the time
getting a...
The challengesunderstanding all the complexity of the regulations codes and relevant standards in a world that is constantly changing and some times in a big way
having to be extremely diplomatic and impartial and...
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