Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

construction managertoquantity surveyor

A construction manager already meets 59% of what the quantity surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From construction manager
59%
Overlap1
To quantity surveyor
23 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
43.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.7/ 100

1 Share of the quantity surveyor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the construction manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A quantity surveyor role treats 12 of its required skills as things a construction manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on construction materials
  • building construction principles
  • calculate needs for construction supplies
  • communicate with construction crews
  • construction industry
  • cost management

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quantity surveyor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a construction manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare construction documents information skills
  • already held building construction principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held audit contractors information skills
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held communicate with construction crews communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out tendering management skills

All 23 carried skills, including the 12 the quantity surveyor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held control of expenses required
  • required, not held keep records of work progress required
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held estimate profitability optional
  • optional, not held monitor construction site optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
02 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held finish project within budget required
  • required, not held perform cost accounting activities required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held identify customer objectives required
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held coordinate construction activities optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held urban planning law required
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held building codes required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a quantity surveyor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on construction materials skill
  • already held building construction principles knowledge
  • already held calculate needs for construction supplies skill
  • already held communicate with construction crews skill
  • already held construction industry knowledge
  • already held cost management knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held order construction supplies skill
  • already held oversee construction project skill
  • already held prepare construction documents skill
  • already held quantity surveying knowledge
  • already held audit contractors skill
  • already held carry out tendering skill
  • already held check construction compliance skill
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
  • already held monitor contractor performance skill
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held Monte Carlo simulation optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Monte Carlo simulation optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held coordinate construction activities optional
  • optional, not held estimate profitability optional
  • optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
  • optional, not held monitor construction site optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
33 held skills the quantity surveyor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role building materials industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consider building constraints in architectural designs skill
  • not needed by the target role construction equipment related to building materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction product regulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design power plant systems skill
  • not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
  • not needed by the target role green building practices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify construction materials from blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate building requirements in the architectural design skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate engineering principles in architectural design skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with architects skill
  • not needed by the target role manage construction archive skill
  • not needed by the target role manage environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role participate in governmental tenders skill
  • not needed by the target role plan construction of houses skill
  • not needed by the target role project commissioning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role review construction plans authorisations skill
  • not needed by the target role review construction projects skill
  • not needed by the target role total quality control knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in a construction team skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held building codes required
  • required, not held urban planning law required
  • optional, not held Monte Carlo simulation optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
Index

Other moves recorded from construction manager

Full index of moves from construction manager

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.