An evaluation of the competencies, skills and knowledge of Quantity Surveying graduates in consultant Quantity Surveying firms in Malaysia

Hassan, Fadzil; Ismail, Zulhabri; Zaini, Afzan Ahmad; Hassan, Sabaria; Maisham, Mysarah

doi:10.1109/chuser.2011.6163722

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“…The issue underpinning the lack of trained and competent CMs is the dearth of recognized and established term of references for competency provided within the industry as highlighted by several researchers [2,8,9]. They collectively agreed on alleviating construction personnel's technical and managerial skills where gaps are still persisting.…”

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Technical Competency of Construction Manager in Malaysian Construction Industry

Yaman

Abdullah

Mohammad

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Primarily due to contractors’ faults, construction industries in Malaysia have been facing problems such as delays, wastages, cost overruns and others. Inability of construction manager (CM) to efficiently manage construction projects is the major contribution to projects’ failure, and the lack of terms of reference on the technical competency for CM are believed to be the major setback. This paper reports the results of a preliminary study which was carried out to identify the technical competencies of CM. Exploratory mixed research methods were selected by employing qualitative and quantitative approaches. Multi-layered thematic analysis was embedded into literature analysis to maintain reliability and then validate through structured interviews. It was found that CM requires several technical competencies including managing staff, materials, labours, plants, sub-contractors, safety, money, quality, time, environment, administration, pre-construction, closeout and handover, responsibility to other parties, computer literacy, and administration of construction contract. Hence, the technical competencies for CM are believed to be exhaustive and holistic in singling out the appropriate technical knowledge and skills, and bring about numerous advantageous towards technically competent CM.

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Technical Competency of Construction Manager in Malaysian Construction Industry

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Abdullah

Mohammad

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“…As reported by Hassan, Ismail, Zaini, Hassan, and Maisham (2011), Quantity Surveying firms expect the graduates to be competent for undertaking a wide range of Quantity Surveying tasks according to the industrial situations. Therefore, acquiring appropriate knowledge, experiences, and competencies, before graduation and link with the industry will help to bridge the competency gap (Lian, Foo, and Ling, 2018).…”

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“…Therefore, acquiring appropriate knowledge, experiences, and competencies, before graduation and link with the industry will help to bridge the competency gap (Lian, Foo, and Ling, 2018). Accordingly, the academic institutes related to Quantity Surveying education are mainly designed to conform to the requirements of the Quantity Surveying education frameworks outlined by several global and local institutions (Hassan et al, 2011). IQSSL is a professional organization in Sri Lanka that has established competency standards for QSs under the Act of parliament.…”

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Appraisal of the Competency Gap between UOM Quantity Surveying Degree Programme and IQSSL Competency Standards

Padmasiri

Rathnasinghe

Seneviratne

2021

ICBM

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Quantity Surveying is one of the prominent professions in the construction industry which fulfils varied and comprehensive duties to support cost-effective construction and property development. Thus, Quantity Surveyors (QSs) should adorn with competencies to deal with complex situations in the construction industry. The Quantity Surveying profession has become an emerging profession due to the increasing number of Quantity Surveying degree programmes offered by many Sri Lankan institutions. However, many construction professionals claim that Quantity Surveying education in Sri Lanka has not distinguished the actual needs of the profession, thus the graduates are presumed to not being up to the standards expected by the industry. Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka (IQSSL) is the local professional organization that has set out competency standards for QSs under the Act of parliament. Assessment of Professional Competency (APC) is being evaluated by the IQSSL. IQSSL will only accredit any degree programmes which comply with specified competencies. On the other hand, the University of Moratuwa (UOM) is one of the government institutions that conduct the Quantity Surveying education in Sri Lanka and IQSSL has accredited its degree programme. Thus, this study intends to ascertain to which extent the IQSSL competency standards are being satisfied by the UOM Quantity Surveying degree programme to address the above claim of industry practitioners. To attain the aim, an extensive literature synthesis was piloted to develop a theoretical competency mapping framework upon the key findings of the literature. This research outlines a 'competency' as the ability of an individual to follow a set of professionally agreed standards. Due to the rapid evolvement and complexity in the construction industry, it is much required to enhance QSs' competencies. The literature synthesis identified that the UOM's competencies are slightly different from IQSSL competency standards. Hence, the research outcome has successfully argued that there is a competency gap between the UOM Quantity Surveying degree programme and IQSSL standards through competency mapping techniques. Thus, identifying such a competency gap would enhance any knowledge requirement of the UOM graduates in line with the construction industry. Keywords: Competency, Quantity Surveyor (QS), Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka (IQSSL), University of Moratuwa (UOM), education

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“…Past reviews and reports in regards to TVET likewise have delegated a few proper 21st century skills that concentrated on reinforcing TVET. The skills contained responsibility and versatility, relational abilities, imagination and scholarly interest, basic considering and frameworks considering, data and media proficiency skills, and relational and community skills, adaptability, deep rooted learning, viable abilities, and employability (Hassan et al, 2011;Maclean & Pavlova, 2011;Wang, 2012).…”

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Employability Skills for Hospitality Students in Malaysia

Ahmad¹,

Kenayathulla²,

Idris³

2017

MOJEM

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Malaysia needs high skilled workforce to support growth of the industry. With dynamically changing job market and progressive technological change, employees are expected to keep abreast of global economics. In the process of achieving the status of developed nation by the year 2020, Malaysia needs to restructure its workforce to ensure that middle level workers are highly skilled. Current job environment demands multi-task and skills. Thus, university graduates must be prepared to meet the demand especially in the hospitality industry. The purpose of this study is to identify the level of employability skills in the hospitality field. This research applied quantitative methodology. The respondents consist of final year students in bakery and culinary programme. Stratified sampling was used to select students in hospitality programs from 22 vocational colleges in Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed to 841 students in five regions which are Central, South, North, East and East Malaysia (Sarawak) in Malaysia. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the quantitative data. The results showed that the level of hospitality employability skills among vocational students in Malaysia were at high level of competence (93.2%). The research has brought meaningful implications for hospitality vocational students, employers and policy makers.

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An evaluation of the competencies, skills and knowledge of Quantity Surveying graduates in consultant Quantity Surveying firms in Malaysia

Cited by 5 publications

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Technical Competency of Construction Manager in Malaysian Construction Industry

Technical Competency of Construction Manager in Malaysian Construction Industry

Appraisal of the Competency Gap between UOM Quantity Surveying Degree Programme and IQSSL Competency Standards

Employability Skills for Hospitality Students in Malaysia

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