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Pls house I need your good advice. Am a graduate of quantity surveyor but ever since I finished school I found myself working as an inventory officer. But the company am working with today as an inventory officer is offering me to continue working as an inventory officer or to be an assistant to the quantity surveyor. Pls I need your good advice which to choose. Thanks

okubowei:
Pls house I need your good advice. Am a graduate of quantity surveyor but ever since I finished school I found myself working as an inventory officer. But the company am working with today as an inventory officer is offering me to continue working as an inventory officer or to be an assistant to the quantity surveyor. Pls I need your good advice which to choose. Thanks

follow your heart... ARE YOU REALLY A QUANTITY SURVEYOR IN YOUR HEART.... or you are just trying to make more money?

the honest answer to that question should be your choice.

You should accept to be an assistant Quantity surveyor. Since you already have experience in inventory, you should accept new challenge to boost your CV. Quantity surveyors are always in short supply and their pay is always high. Go for it!

"Inventory Officer" Vs "Quantity Surveyor'.

Quantity Surveying requires 5 years education plus 3 years working experience to become a registered QS by both the regulating bodies - NIQS and QSRBN. Even as an unregistered QS, it is almost impossible to hire graduates from other fields to do professional quantity surveying duties in any organisation. What am I driving at? Only trained Quantity Surveyors can do QS duties.

Now, Inventory Officer. Any graduate of any discipline can be adapted to perform the duties of an inventory officer.

What's the implications of these two scenarios?

It can be inferred from these scenarios that building a career in QS is more defined and specialized than a career in inventory management.

Needless to add that, as a registered QS, you can operate your consultancy firm offering quantity surveying services.

Make your decisions based on this explanation.

okubowei:
Pls house I need your good advice. Am a graduate of quantity surveyor but ever since I finished school I found myself working as an inventory officer. But the company am working with today as an inventory officer is offering me to continue working as an inventory officer or to be an assistant to the quantity surveyor. Pls I need your good advice which to choose. Thanks

Thank you very much for your good advice