A Quantity Surveyor is 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 (E)]

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)]