Quantity surveyor to civil engineering technician

• already held building codes knowledge
• already held civil engineering knowledge
• already held construction industry knowledge
• already held keep records of work progress skill
• already held advise on construction materials skill
• already held calculate needs for construction supplies skill
• already held control of expenses skill
• already held cost management knowledge
• already held ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
• already held manage budgets skill
• already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
• already held oversee construction project skill
• already held project management knowledge
• already held quantity surveying knowledge
• already held urban planning law knowledge

• optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
• optional, not held energy efficiency optional
• optional, not held liaise with architects optional
• optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
• optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
• optional, not held work in a construction team optional
• optional, not held CAD software optional
• optional, not held address problems critically optional
• optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
• optional, not held advise on building matters optional
• optional, not held approve engineering design optional
• optional, not held assess financial viability optional
• optional, not held create CAD drawings optional
• optional, not held define technical requirements optional
• optional, not held design buildings optional
• optional, not held design principles optional
• optional, not held design scale models optional
• optional, not held electrical engineering optional
• optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
• optional, not held ensure gambling operational standards optional
• optional, not held industrial design optional
• optional, not held manage engineering project optional
• optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
• optional, not held mathematics optional
• optional, not held obtain relevant licenses optional
• optional, not held promote environmental awareness optional
• optional, not held renewable energy optional
• optional, not held traffic engineering optional
• optional, not held urban planning optional
• optional, not held use CAD software optional
• optional, not held work ergonomically optional
• optional, not held zoning codes optional

• 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 risk management skill
• not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
• not needed by the target role building construction principles knowledge
• 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 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 contract law knowledge
• not needed by the target role coordinate construction activities 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 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 order construction supplies 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 provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
• not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
• not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn building information modelling required
• still to learn engineering processes required
• still to learn construction methods required
• still to learn engineering principles required
• still to learn technical drawings required
• optional, not held energy efficiency optional
• optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
• optional, not held CAD software optional
• optional, not held design principles optional
• optional, not held electrical engineering optional
• optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
• optional, not held industrial design optional
• optional, not held mathematics optional
• optional, not held renewable energy optional
• optional, not held traffic engineering optional
• optional, not held urban planning optional
• optional, not held zoning codes optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. A quantity surveyor already covers 22% of what a civil engineering technician is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 4 of which the civil engineering technician role treats as required.

16 required skills are missing, plus 32 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is building information modelling.

Its learning distance is 79.5 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.