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

quantity surveyortoconstruction engineer

A quantity surveyor already meets 20% of what the construction engineer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quantity surveyor
20%
Overlap1
To construction engineer
8 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
78.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.9/ 100

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

  • building codes
  • communicate with construction crews
  • monitor construction site
  • oversee construction project

What stands in the way is 13 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A construction engineer 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 construction site information skills
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held communicate with construction crews communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held oversee construction project management skills
  • already held quantity surveying engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held building codes engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the construction engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 14 supplementary
  • required, not held consider building constraints in architectural designs required
  • required, not held integrate building requirements in the architectural design required
  • required, not held satisfy technical requirements required
  • required, not held advise on building matters required
  • required, not held integrate measures in architectural designs required
  • optional, not held adapt existing designs to changed circumstances optional
  • optional, not held advise customers on building materials optional
  • optional, not held design building air tightness optional
  • optional, not held design building envelope systems optional
  • optional, not held design geothermal energy systems optional
  • optional, not held design passive energy measures optional
  • optional, not held design the insulation concept optional
  • optional, not held design window and glazing systems optional
  • optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
  • optional, not held satisfy aesthetic requirements optional
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held integrate engineering principles in architectural design optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held architectural design required
  • required, not held integrated design required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held airtight construction optional
  • optional, not held architectural theory optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held sustainable building materials optional
  • optional, not held types of glazing optional
  • optional, not held building materials industry optional
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
  • required, not held execute feasibility study required
  • optional, not held evaluate integrated design of buildings optional
  • optional, not held perform energy simulations optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a construction engineer 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held building codes knowledge
  • already held communicate with construction crews skill
  • already held monitor construction site skill
  • already held oversee construction project skill
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
  • already held quantity surveying knowledge
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt existing designs to changed circumstances optional
  • optional, not held advise customers on building materials optional
  • optional, not held airtight construction optional
  • optional, not held architectural theory optional
  • optional, not held design building air tightness optional
  • optional, not held design building envelope systems optional
  • optional, not held design geothermal energy systems optional
  • optional, not held design passive energy measures optional
  • optional, not held design the insulation concept optional
  • optional, not held design window and glazing systems optional
  • optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held evaluate integrated design of buildings optional
  • optional, not held perform energy simulations optional
  • optional, not held satisfy aesthetic requirements optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held sustainable building materials optional
  • optional, not held types of glazing optional
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
  • optional, not held building materials industry optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held integrate engineering principles in architectural design optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
33 held skills the construction engineer 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 audit contractors 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 law knowledge
  • 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 contract law 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 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 keep records of work progress skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts 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 project management knowledge
  • 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
  • not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
12 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 architectural design required
  • required, not held integrated design required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held airtight construction optional
  • optional, not held architectural theory optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held sustainable building materials optional
  • optional, not held types of glazing optional
  • optional, not held building materials industry 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.