Where a quantity surveyor can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a quantity surveyor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Quantity surveyors have under their helm complete management of the cost involved in building and construction projects from the inception of the project until the delivery. They strive for an efficient use of the resources whilst keeping an eye on quality, quality standards, and client's requirements.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 57%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 1difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 41required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- construction manager 43% covered · difficulty 65.6
- property developer 33% covered · difficulty 67.7
- installation engineer 25% covered · difficulty 72.9
- contract engineer 25% covered · difficulty 70.6
- construction general supervisor 24% covered · difficulty 77.8
- cost analyst 24% covered · difficulty 71.1
- civil engineering technician 22% covered · difficulty 79.5
- construction engineer 20% covered · difficulty 78.9
- manufacturing cost estimator 20% covered · difficulty 73.8
- building inspector 19% covered · difficulty 76.9
- terrazzo setter supervisor 18% covered · difficulty 80.3
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quantity surveyor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a quantity surveyor already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.