Hi folks,
It’s a bit of read but I’d really appreciate your opinions on this as it’s potentially life changing for me. My story so far...
For several years now, I’ve wanted to become a planner... even before having ANY experience within construction. I joined a local company in a junior role working on various aspects of groundworks and earthworks, a majority of which is office-based.
I’ve completed 2 advanced PowerProject training courses and have been recording progress against our programmes (amongst other things) for just over a year. There was also a 6 month gap in which we didn’t have a planning manager. During this time, I worked with site managers to produce some programmes myself.
I know my way around the software and understand how use most of it’s features. However (and this is a big however), I still have little experience/knowledge of what to actually put into the programmes when building them from scratch, on my own.
Rewinding a bit, I have 11 GCSEs, 3 A-levels (maths, physics & computer science), an A/S level and a BSc(Hons) in New Media.
Back to now, I’m in a position to study one day a week and/or spend some time on site (I have a great boss!).
What should I do? So far, these are the 2 options I’m thinking of so far:
1) Study to become an engineer, become an engineer, get experience, become a planner (very long route).
2) Study construction with the aim to gaining the theoretical knowledge to enable me to construct programmes (shorter route).
I would be very grateful for your thoughts or simply the paths you took to become a planner.
Many thanks,
Tom
It’s a bit of read but I’d really appreciate your opinions on this as it’s potentially life changing for me. My story so far...
For several years now, I’ve wanted to become a planner... even before having ANY experience within construction. I joined a local company in a junior role working on various aspects of groundworks and earthworks, a majority of which is office-based.
I’ve completed 2 advanced PowerProject training courses and have been recording progress against our programmes (amongst other things) for just over a year. There was also a 6 month gap in which we didn’t have a planning manager. During this time, I worked with site managers to produce some programmes myself.
I know my way around the software and understand how use most of it’s features. However (and this is a big however), I still have little experience/knowledge of what to actually put into the programmes when building them from scratch, on my own.
Rewinding a bit, I have 11 GCSEs, 3 A-levels (maths, physics & computer science), an A/S level and a BSc(Hons) in New Media.
Back to now, I’m in a position to study one day a week and/or spend some time on site (I have a great boss!).
What should I do? So far, these are the 2 options I’m thinking of so far:
1) Study to become an engineer, become an engineer, get experience, become a planner (very long route).
2) Study construction with the aim to gaining the theoretical knowledge to enable me to construct programmes (shorter route).
I would be very grateful for your thoughts or simply the paths you took to become a planner.
Many thanks,
Tom