Cost Estimators
Tasks Include:
- Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
- Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
- Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments, or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
- Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
- Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
- Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors.
- Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components.
- Prepare cost and expenditure statements and other necessary documentation at regular intervals for the duration of the project.
- Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +5.5%
National: -2.1%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$71,200.00
State
$72,880.00
Regional
Cost Estimators
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 81.82%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 9.09%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 4.55%
- Master's Degree = 4.55%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 27.27%
- None = 13.64%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 9.09%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.73%
- Up to and including 1 month = 18.18%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.64%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.09%
- None = 4.55%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.55%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.55%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 36.36%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 27.27%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 13.64%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.64%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.55%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.55%
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Cost Estimators
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
- Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
- Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments, or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
- Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
- Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
- Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors.
- Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components.
- Prepare cost and expenditure statements and other necessary documentation at regular intervals for the duration of the project.
- Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors.
- Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures.
- Establish and maintain tendering process, and conduct negotiations.
- Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to reduce cost.
- Visit site and record information about access, drainage and topography, and availability of utility services.
- Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.
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Cost Estimators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Desktop computers
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- Scanners
- Tablet computers
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- Choice Job Cost
- National Job Cost software
- Cost accounting software
- CPR International GeneralCOST Estimator
- Intuit QuickBooks software
- Sage Timberline Office software
- Analytical or scientific software
- Construction Management Software ProEst
- Decisioneering Crystal Ball
- QSM SLIM
- Resources Calculations Incorporated SoftCost
- WinEstimator WinEst
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Data base reporting software
- Business Objects Crystal Reports
- Software AG software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- SAP software
- Financial analysis software
- Cost estimation software
- CPR International Visual Estimator
- IBM Costimater
- Palisade @Risk
- PRICE Sytems TruePlanning
- Primavera Cost Management
- Softstar Costar COCOMO II
- Project management software
- HCSS HeavyBid
- HCSS HeavyJob
- Sage Master Builder
- Xactware Xactimate
- Microsoft Project
- Assured Software JPP
- Galorath SEER software
- Galorath SEER-SEM
- Spreadsheet software
- Corel QuattroPro
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Apple AppleWorks
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Cost Estimators
Additional Resources
Information about career opportunities certification educational programs and cost-estimating techniques may be obtained from:
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
209 Prairie Ave.
Suite 100
Morgantown, WV 26501
http://www.aacei.org
Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis
101 S. Whiting St.
Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22304
https://www.iceaaonline.org/
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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85.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
73.75 | Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
62.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
60.25 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
58.00 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
54.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
54.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
53.50 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
50.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
72.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
68.75 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
65.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
62.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
59.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
56.25 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
53.00 | Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
50.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
72.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
72.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
68.75 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
68.75 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
62.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
50.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
89.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
89.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
87.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
83.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
80.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
77.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
70.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
70.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
70.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
70.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
70.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
69.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
69.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
66.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
63.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
61.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
60.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
59.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
59.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
59.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
59.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
56.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
52.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
51.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
85.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
84.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
79.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
72.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
70.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
69.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
69.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
65.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
64.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
61.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
56.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
55.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
58.33 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
50.00 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
50.00 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
96.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
91.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
89.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
86.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
82.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
79.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
78.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
77.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
76.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
75.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
73.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
68.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
67.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
62.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
59.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
56.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
55.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
55.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
54.60 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $42,110.00 | $71,200.00 | $93,420.00 |
Virginia | $41,790.00 | $72,880.00 | $94,990.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $62,685.35 | $86,883.44 | $108,513.53 |
Bay Consortium | $47,416.09 | $74,834.88 | $91,709.39 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $44,396.30 | $64,306.92 | $80,733.71 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $42,761.48 | $62,610.90 | $75,968.95 |
Crater Area | $41,092.99 | $55,171.06 | $71,928.29 |
Greater Peninsula | $51,051.87 | $80,698.02 | $89,367.80 |
Hampton Roads | $45,019.43 | $65,545.02 | $83,708.63 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $38,322.05 | $52,881.49 | $66,580.17 |
Northern Virginia | $59,510.54 | $85,799.33 | $107,856.74 |
Piedmont Workforce | $42,248.49 | $69,850.85 | $88,420.36 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $42,226.05 | $58,771.15 | $71,237.85 |
Southwestern Virginia | $40,891.06 | $59,402.44 | $70,653.47 |
West Piedmont | $46,173.91 | $61,178.01 | $69,015.59 |
Western Virginia | $41,868.08 | $62,108.11 | $77,051.02 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 212,100 | 207,700 | -2.1% |
Virginia | 8,324 | 8,782 | +5.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 220 | 246 | +11.8% |
Bay Consortium | 279 | 303 | +8.6% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 1,535 | 1,646 | +7.2% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 283 | 300 | +6.0% |
Crater Area | 171 | 173 | +1.2% |
Greater Peninsula | 731 | 740 | +1.2% |
Hampton Roads | 1,432 | 1,467 | +2.4% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 167 | 170 | +1.8% |
Northern Virginia | 2,069 | 2,245 | +8.5% |
Piedmont Workforce | 475 | 501 | +5.5% |
Shenandoah Valley | 501 | 520 | +3.8% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | 314 | 310 | -1.3% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
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