Occupation Atlasmanufacturing cost estimator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/219d1c30-3849-4de3-b0d6-07da187b6521
manufacturing cost estimator
Manufacturing cost estimators collect and analyse data to evaluate the money, materials, labour and time required for manufacturing processes. They conduct analyses to identify (alternative) cost effective technical designs and production processes. They develop and use methods and tools for cost planning, controlling and analysis. They also perform quantitative and qualitative risk analyses and report on the development of costs.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.44
- E Enterprising4.65
- I Investigative3.18
- R Realistic3.01
- S Social1.66
- A Artistic1.12
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Cost Estimators (13-1051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (11)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- assess financial viability
- assess operating cost
- calculate design costs
- calculate production costs
- cost management
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- liaise with engineers
- manufacturing processes
- mathematics
- monitor production costs
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
Optional (23)
- accurately estimate work hours
- advise on risk management
- analyse business plans
- analyse production processes for improvement
- calculate materials to build equipment
- control of expenses
- ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing
- estimate costs of required supplies
- estimate duration of work
- estimate restoration costs
- evaluate cost of software products
- forecast production quantities
- identify process improvements
- international business
- manage budgets
- monitor production developments
- perform cost accounting activities
- perform project management
- prepare cost-plus pricing models
- project management
- read assembly drawings
- read standard blueprints
- synthesise financial information
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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