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

quantity surveyortobuilding inspector

A quantity surveyor already meets 19% of what the building inspector role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quantity surveyor
19%
Overlap1
To building inspector
6 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
76.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.9/ 100

1 Share of the building inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the quantity surveyor 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 building inspector role treats 4 of its required skills as things a quantity surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • building codes
  • check construction compliance
  • civil engineering
  • urban planning law

What stands in the way is 14 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A building inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a quantity surveyor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held check construction compliance assisting and caring
  • already held urban planning law business, administration and law
  • already held advise architects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held building codes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the building inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 6 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held energy conservation required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • optional, not held surveying methods optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held building materials industry optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held surveying optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues required
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • required, not held write inspection reports required
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
03 business, administration and law 3 required
  • required, not held architecture regulations required
  • required, not held construction legal systems required
  • required, not held quality assurance procedures required
04 information skills 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect building systems required
  • required, not held read standard blueprints required
  • optional, not held issue permits optional
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held perform field research optional
  • optional, not held manage construction archive optional
  • optional, not held review construction projects optional
05 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage health and safety standards required
  • required, not held use safety equipment in construction required
  • optional, not held conduct fire safety inspections optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a building inspector 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held building codes knowledge
  • already held check construction compliance skill
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held urban planning law knowledge
  • already held advise architects skill
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held issue permits optional
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held perform field research optional
  • optional, not held surveying methods optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held building materials industry optional
  • optional, not held conduct fire safety inspections optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
  • optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
  • optional, not held manage construction archive optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held review construction projects optional
  • optional, not held surveying optional
35 held skills the building inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
  • not needed by the target role building construction principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate needs for construction supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out tendering skill
  • not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with construction crews skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role construction industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate construction activities skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate profitability skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor construction site skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
  • not needed by the target role order construction supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee construction project skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cost accounting activities skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare construction documents skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
  • not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge
14 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 architecture regulations required
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • required, not held construction legal systems required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held energy conservation required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held quality assurance procedures required
  • optional, not held surveying methods optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held building materials industry optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
  • optional, not held surveying optional
Index

Other moves recorded from quantity surveyor

Full index of moves from quantity surveyor

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.