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

quantity surveyortoconstruction general contractor

A quantity surveyor already meets 57% of what the construction general contractor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quantity surveyor
57%
Overlap1
To construction general contractor
17 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
47.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

57%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.5/ 100

1 Share of the construction general contractor 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 construction general contractor role treats 13 of its required skills as things a quantity surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • audit contractors
  • check construction compliance
  • communicate with customers
  • contract law
  • coordinate construction activities
  • ensure compliance with construction project deadline

What stands in the way is 5 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A construction general contractor 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 identify customer objectives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held audit contractors information skills
  • already held monitor construction site information skills
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held check construction compliance assisting and caring
  • already held monitor contractor performance management skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the construction general contractor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform quality control of design during a run required
  • required, not held read standard blueprints required
  • optional, not held inspect construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held review construction projects optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • optional, not held decommissioning optional
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held renewable energy optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held use safety equipment in construction optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held construction product regulation required
  • optional, not held project commissioning optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
05 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held design principles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a construction general contractor 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held audit contractors skill
  • already held check construction compliance skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held coordinate construction activities skill
  • already held ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
  • already held identify customer objectives skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held monitor construction site skill
  • already held monitor contractor performance skill
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
  • already held real estate market knowledge
  • already held advise architects skill
  • already held building codes knowledge
  • already held communicate with construction crews skill
  • already held quantity surveying knowledge
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held decommissioning optional
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
  • optional, not held project commissioning optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held design principles optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held inspect construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held renewable energy optional
  • optional, not held review construction projects optional
  • optional, not held use safety equipment in construction optional
24 held skills the construction general contractor 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 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 engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • 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 liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets 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 urban planning law knowledge
11 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 construction product regulation required
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • optional, not held decommissioning optional
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held project commissioning optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held design principles optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held renewable energy 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.