Insurance risk surveyors carry out surveys of items that need to be insured.
£22,000 Starter
to£100,000 Experienced
37 to 39 a week
9am to 5pm away from home
You can get into this job through:
You could get a degree before applying to join an organisation's management training scheme. Most subjects are accepted but you may have an advantage if you study:
You'll usually need:
You could complete a senior insurance professional degree apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You could start working as an administrator for a risk team to build up your skills and knowledge.
Your employer may give you the chance to take industry qualifications so you can apply for promotion to risk surveyor when you've got more experience.
You can apply directly for jobs if you've got relevant qualifications and experience in a related profession like building surveying, health and safety, engineering or fire safety.
Some of the large insurance companies run graduate training schemes. You'll usually need an upper second class degree in any subject to apply.
You can find out more about working in insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute and Discover Risk.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work in an office or visit sites.
Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time and you'll travel often.
You could become a senior surveyor, head of a risk management department, or lead a compliance and governance unit.
You could also move into insurance loss adjusting or set up your own consultancy.
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