Occupation Atlasquantity surveyor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0cca32c2-9308-4927-adb2-14771ab787f0
quantity surveyor
Quantity surveyors have under their helm complete management of the cost involved in building and construction projects from the inception of the project until the delivery. They strive for an efficient use of the resources whilst keeping an eye on quality, quality standards, and client's requirements.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.44
- E Enterprising4.65
- I Investigative3.18
- R Realistic3.01
- S Social1.66
- A Artistic1.12
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Cost Estimators (13-1051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on construction materials
- building codes
- building construction principles
- calculate needs for construction supplies
- communicate with construction crews
- construction industry
- control of expenses
- cost management
- finish project within budget
- identify customer objectives
- keep records of work progress
- manage budgets
- manage contracts
- order construction supplies
- oversee construction project
- perform cost accounting activities
- prepare construction documents
- quantity surveying
- urban planning law
Optional (22)
- Monte Carlo simulation
- advise architects
- advise on risk management
- audit contractors
- carry out tendering
- check construction compliance
- civil engineering
- civil law
- communicate with customers
- contract law
- coordinate construction activities
- ensure compliance with construction project deadline
- estimate profitability
- follow the statutory obligations
- liaise with financiers
- monitor construction site
- monitor contractor performance
- monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects
- project management
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- quality standards
- real estate market
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 19 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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