Education and working years
To apply for a first-class cost engineer, the minimum requirement is a college degree in engineering cost, and you must also be engaged in engineering cost and engineering management business for 4 years. College degree (or higher vocational education) in civil engineering, water conservancy, equipment manufacturing, transportation, electronic information, finance and trade, etc., and engaged in engineering cost and project management business for 5 years.
Professional category
The professional subjects of the first-class cost engineer professional qualification examination are divided into four professional categories: civil engineering, traffic engineering, water conservancy engineering and installation engineering, depending on which major the candidates are suitable for.
Civil construction specialty
The major of civil engineering is mainly engaged in cost budget, project settlement, cost monitoring, project change and visa audit, and the work units are generally construction units and consulting units. Civil engineering is a major with more applicants and more employment opportunities among cost engineers. After all, commercial buildings and houses are just needed now.
communications and transportation major
In the transportation specialty, the cost engineer of the Ministry of Communications pays more attention to the highway tunnel cost project, and the salary level is relatively similar to that of the water conservancy specialty.
Water conservancy specialty
Water conservancy professionals are generally in state-owned enterprises or institutions, and state-owned enterprises and institutions may be relatively more stable.
Installation specialty
The employment scope of installation specialty is not as good as that of civil engineering, but the installation practitioners of cost engineers are in short supply now. Because the installation requires a high level of knowledge of the cost personnel and requires a certain degree of professionalism, fewer people apply for installation.