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

quantity surveyortomanufacturing cost estimator

A quantity surveyor already meets 20% of what the manufacturing cost estimator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quantity surveyor
20%
Overlap1
To manufacturing cost estimator
7 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
73.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.8/ 100

1 Share of the manufacturing cost estimator 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 manufacturing cost estimator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a quantity surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • cost management
  • provide cost benefit analysis reports

What stands in the way is 9 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A manufacturing cost estimator 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 perform cost accounting activities management skills
  • already held advise on risk management information skills
  • already held control of expenses information skills
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports information skills
  • already held cost management business, administration and law
  • already held project management business, administration and law

All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the manufacturing cost estimator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 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 6 required, 14 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor production costs required
  • required, not held calculate design costs required
  • required, not held assess financial viability required
  • required, not held assess operating cost required
  • required, not held calculate production costs required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held evaluate cost of software products optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held accurately estimate work hours optional
  • optional, not held analyse business plans optional
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held calculate materials to build equipment optional
  • optional, not held estimate costs of required supplies optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held forecast production quantities optional
  • optional, not held monitor production developments optional
  • optional, not held prepare cost-plus pricing models optional
  • optional, not held read assembly drawings optional
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held liaise with engineers required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held mathematics required
05 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held identify process improvements optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held international business optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a manufacturing cost estimator 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cost management knowledge
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held advise on risk management skill
  • already held control of expenses skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held perform cost accounting activities skill
  • already held project management knowledge
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held evaluate cost of software products optional
  • optional, not held ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held identify process improvements optional
  • optional, not held accurately estimate work hours optional
  • optional, not held analyse business plans optional
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held calculate materials to build equipment optional
  • optional, not held estimate costs of required supplies optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held forecast production quantities optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held monitor production developments optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held prepare cost-plus pricing models optional
  • optional, not held read assembly drawings optional
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
34 held skills the manufacturing cost estimator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise architects skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
  • not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
  • not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
  • 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 check construction compliance 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 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 coordinate construction activities skill
  • 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 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 monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects 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 prepare construction documents 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
  • not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
3 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 manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • optional, not held international business 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.