Planners can start out in various roles such as dispatcher, manufacturing planner, or community planner. With experience and success, they can move up to more senior positions or even executive-level roles like purchasing manager or consultant.

The job of an assistant town planner in the UK involves conducting resource analyses and inventories of sites to determine development possibilities, conducting surveys and preparing analytical reports, and preparing preliminary designs, development plans, subdivision plans, recreational layouts, or special studies.

To become a town planner in the UK, you typically need a degree in town planning or a related field such as geography, architecture, or environmental studies. Some employers may also require a postgraduate qualification in town planning. In addition to formal education, it is important to have strong analytical thinking skills, excellent verbal communication skills, and the ability to work well with others. Knowledge of the English language and geography is also important. Persistence, determination, ambition, and business management skills can also be beneficial.