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Where a construction quality manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a construction quality manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Construction quality managers make sure the quality of the work meets standards set in the contract, as well as minimum legislative standards. They establish procedures to check quality, perform inspections, and propose solutions to quality shortcomings.

Also known as construction quality and safety control supervisor, construction quality and safety manager, construction QA manager, construction quality managers, construction QA QS manager, construction quality assurance manager.

Technicians and associate professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: construction general supervisor, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
construction general supervis… 41% covered construction safety manager 39% covered dismantling supervisor 37% covered terrazzo setter supervisor 37% covered water conservation technician… 36% covered construction quality mana… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from construction quality manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a construction quality manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A construction quality manager needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • statistical quality control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • write specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • total quality control business, administration and law
  • building materials industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • communicate with external laboratories communication, collaboration and creativity
  • check compatibility of materials information skills
  • construction product regulation business, administration and law
  • advise on construction materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • energy conservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a construction quality manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Construction quality manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a construction quality manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.