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

quantity surveyortoproperty developer

A quantity surveyor already meets 33% of what the property developer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quantity surveyor
33%
Overlap1
To property developer
11 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
67.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.7/ 100

1 Share of the property developer 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 property developer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a quantity surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • audit contractors
  • contract law
  • estimate profitability
  • keep records of work progress
  • manage contracts
  • monitor contractor performance

What stands in the way is 12 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A property developer 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 audit contractors information skills
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held monitor contractor performance management skills
  • already held estimate profitability information skills
  • already held liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held real estate market business, administration and law

All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the property developer 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 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess financial viability required
  • required, not held compare property values required
  • required, not held execute feasibility study required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • optional, not held value properties optional
02 business, administration and law 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • required, not held investment analysis required
  • required, not held market research required
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
  • optional, not held leasing process optional
03 management skills 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate marketing plan actions required
  • required, not held create a financial plan required
  • optional, not held develop energy saving concepts optional
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held oversee planning of security systems optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
  • optional, not held use safety equipment in construction optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held negotiate land acquisition required
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
  • optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with quality assurance optional
  • optional, not held liaise with shareholders optional
  • optional, not held provide information on properties optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held building systems monitoring technology optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a property developer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held audit contractors skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held estimate profitability skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held monitor contractor performance skill
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held real estate market knowledge
  • already held building codes knowledge
  • already held liaise with financiers skill
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held building systems monitoring technology optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
  • optional, not held develop energy saving concepts optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held leasing process optional
  • optional, not held liaise with quality assurance optional
  • optional, not held liaise with shareholders optional
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held oversee planning of security systems optional
  • optional, not held provide information on properties optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
  • optional, not held use safety equipment in construction optional
  • optional, not held value properties optional
30 held skills the property developer 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 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 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 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 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 manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor construction site 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 quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
  • not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
9 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 budgetary principles required
  • required, not held investment analysis required
  • required, not held market research required
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held building systems monitoring technology optional
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held leasing process 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.