Formal development / building education?

[serendip]

Just wondering if those who are into development have done any formal education in building / construction or if you employ appropriately qualified or a bit of both?

 

[superAndrew]

Depends on your preference. Some people will say you don't need any formal education and can learn by starting small.

If your serious about it then why not do both. A formal qualification and start with a small development at the same time.

I wouldn't necessarily do a formal education in building / construction. That is only one part of development you need to understand but you don't need to be a specialist in it. You will hire a builder.

A developer acts more as a project manager and needs to know a bit of each field: building/construction,town planning, architecture, finance, negotiation, etc..

Andrew

 

[serendip]

Depends on your preference. Some people will say you don't need any formal education and can learn by starting small.

If your serious about it then why not do both. A formal qualification and start with a small development at the same time.

I wouldn't necessarily do a formal education in building / construction. That is only one part of development you need to understand but you don't need to be a specialist in it. You will hire a builder.

A developer acts more as a project manager and needs to know a bit of each field: building/construction,town planning, architecture, finance, negotiation, etc..

Andrew

I'm probably 2-3 years away from even being able to do even a small development but thinking about the best way to be ready when I can start. I'm currently a project/program manager, mainly system implementation / business transformation across various industries.... guess I need to research the type of courses available.....probably TAFE?

 

[superAndrew]

I'm probably 2-3 years away from even being able to do even a small development but thinking about the best way to be ready when I can start. I'm currently a project/program manager, mainly system implementation / business transformation across various industries.... guess I need to research the type of courses available.....probably TAFE?

I haven't had a look at tafe. I did a Masters in Property Investment/Development at Uni which was 1.5 years long and found it quite good.You learn quite a lot (valuation residential and commercial, property investment, property development, project management and more)

You can get a lot out of it if you want to and are passionate about it. What I liked the most was that you meet people who are in the industry. I made some good friends whom I do business with today.

Andrew

 

[serendip]

I was just looking at the Masters program at UNSW, eeep, do I want to do another Masters?? Looks interesting though.

 

[superAndrew]

You could just do the development course and not the full Master