Surveying technician
Statistics, Law and Mathematics at GCSE, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 4 standards and 7 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Statistics leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: data interpretation, standard deviation, data processing, primary data.
All subjects and shared ideas7
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Statistics | 1.00 | data interpretation, standard deviation, data processing, primary data, data representation |
| A level Law | 0.78 | law of tort, law of contract |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.74 | coordinate, trigonometry |
| GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition | 0.48 | cost management, measurement |
| GCSE Geography | 0.16 | primary data, map, data interpretation, data collection |
| A level Geography | 0.14 | primary data, literature review, data collection |
| A level Sociology | 0.13 | primary data, research design, data collection |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Statistics, Law and Mathematics, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Surveying technicians carry out technical surveying tasks. They assist surveyors, architects or engineers in surveying related technical tasks such as mapping land, creating construction drawings and operating precise measuring equipment
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.