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

quantity surveyortocivil engineering technician

A quantity surveyor already meets 22% of what the civil engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quantity surveyor
22%
Overlap1
To civil engineering technician
15 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
79.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.5/ 100

1 Share of the civil engineering technician 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 civil engineering technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a quantity surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • building codes
  • civil engineering
  • construction industry
  • keep records of work progress

What stands in the way is 16 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A civil engineering technician 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 monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held construction industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held oversee construction project management skills
  • already held urban planning law business, administration and law
  • already held quantity surveying engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held building codes engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 15 carried skills, including the 4 the civil engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 48 missing skills fall into 11 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held building information modelling required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings 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
02 assisting and caring 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
  • required, not held use safety equipment in construction required
  • optional, not held ensure gambling operational standards optional
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held obtain relevant licenses optional
  • optional, not held work ergonomically optional
03 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform field research required
  • required, not held estimate duration of work required
  • required, not held inspect construction supplies required
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held assess financial viability optional
04 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage schedule of tasks required
  • required, not held prevent damage to utility infrastructure required
  • optional, not held define technical requirements optional
  • optional, not held manage engineering project optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate drones in civil engineering required
  • required, not held use measurement instruments required
06 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
  • optional, not held create CAD drawings optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a civil engineering technician 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 9 supplementary
  • optional, not held liaise with architects optional
  • optional, not held work in a construction team 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 design buildings optional
  • optional, not held design scale models optional
  • optional, not held promote environmental awareness optional
08 arts and humanities 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held design principles optional
  • optional, not held industrial design optional
09 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
10 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held CAD software optional
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
32 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
26 held skills the civil engineering technician 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 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
17 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 building information modelling required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held 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
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.