2.2 KiB
2.2 KiB
Competences — manufacturing cost estimator
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/219d1c30-3849-4de3-b0d6-07da187b6521).
Essential
- assess financial viability (skill/competence)
- assess operating cost (skill/competence)
- calculate design costs (skill/competence)
- calculate production costs (skill/competence)
- cost management (knowledge)
- execute analytical mathematical calculations (skill/competence)
- liaise with engineers (skill/competence)
- manufacturing processes (knowledge)
- mathematics (knowledge)
- monitor production costs (skill/competence)
- provide cost benefit analysis reports (skill/competence)
Optional
- accurately estimate work hours (skill/competence)
- advise on risk management (skill/competence)
- analyse business plans (skill/competence)
- analyse production processes for improvement (skill/competence)
- calculate materials to build equipment (skill/competence)
- control of expenses (skill/competence)
- ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing (skill/competence)
- estimate costs of required supplies (skill/competence)
- estimate duration of work (skill/competence)
- estimate restoration costs (skill/competence)
- evaluate cost of software products (skill/competence)
- forecast production quantities (skill/competence)
- identify process improvements (skill/competence)
- international business (knowledge)
- manage budgets (skill/competence)
- monitor production developments (skill/competence)
- perform cost accounting activities (skill/competence)
- perform project management (skill/competence)
- prepare cost-plus pricing models (skill/competence)
- project management (knowledge)
- read assembly drawings (skill/competence)
- read standard blueprints (skill/competence)
- synthesise financial information (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 41 ads, as of 2026-07-15)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- cost estimation — 49 %
- blueprint reading — 20 %
- cost estimating — 20 %