CBE Learning

Chris Todd

Commercial Trainee

Currently studying

MSc Quantity Surveying

My role day to day

• Measuring works and ensuring prompt payment
• Filing / Photocopying
• Database administration
• Checking invoices and inputting payments
• Drawing up scopes of works
• Assisting with tendering
• Making tea!

What I like about my job

• The mix of office / site work
• Seeing a project from inception to finish
• Physical visibility of hard work
• It’s interesting and no day is the same
• The flexibility

What attracted me to the Construction industry

• The mix of office / site work
• The UK’s stance on housing and construction in general
• A general interest in construction and the niche that exists

My Top Tip

• Work hard and play hard(er)
• Construction professionals can have fruitful and prosperous careers.