Job Demand: High
Average weekly wage: $1,407
Where you could work:
Building Companies - Coral Homes, Metricon Homes
National / Multinational Companies - Sunland Group, RLB, Juniper Group, Sunland Group, Urbis
Quantity Surveyors do the following tasks:
- Liaise with architects, engineers, builders, contractors, suppliers and project owners
- Study architectural and engineering drawings and specifications
- Prepare a 'Bill of Quantities', which lists the individual components required to construct a project
- Review any changes to a design plan to assess the effects on cost
- Assess and recommend payment to contractors during construction
- Prepare monthly cash-flow forecasts for clients and tax depreciation schedules
- Perform feasibility studies to assist with decisions about the worth of a project proceeding
- Serve as a consultant to business and government