Quantity Surveyors added to UK National Shortage Occupation List

Chartered Quantity Surveyors have been added to the UK's National Shortage Occupation List as of 23 July 2007. The list comprises occupations that do not require a resident labour test. Resident labour tests are used to prove that a job cannot be filled by a national of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

Chartered Quantity Surveyors work within the construction industry to, in general, control and manage costs on a construction project.

The addition of Chartered Quantity Surveyors to the shortage list was a result of "consultation with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and relevant key stakeholders on the Engineering Sector Advisory Panel."