Quantity Surveyors are mainly deployed on executing the following duties on architectural or engineering projects – (a) performing pre-contract and post-contract aspects of quantity surveying duties, e.g. cost estimates, bills of quantities, contract documents, tender assessment and reporting, interim valuation of works, settlement of final accounts and claims; (b) providing professional advice to various Government Departments and quasi-government organizations; (c) undertaking related duties, e.g. technical audit on selected projects, employment and management of consultants, and research and development; (d) performing project management duties as assigned; and (e) supervising junior staff employed on any duties connected with the above. [See Note (D)]

Candidates should – (a) be Corporate Members of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) in the Quantity Surveying Division, or equivalent; (b) have at least one year’s post-qualification experience in quantity surveying; (c) have a pass result in the Aptitude Test in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE); and (d) have met the language proficiency requirements of Level 1 results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the CRE, or equivalent. [See Note (A) to (C)]