Cost Estimator

Job Description
What do people in this career do?

Cost estimators are responsible for calculating how much money a project will cost, as well as how long it will take to complete.

What skills do people in this career have?
It takes a great deal of research and knowledge to prepare a cost estimate.

Working Conditions
Where do people in this career work?

They can work in many different industries, most cost estimators work in the construction and manufacturing industries.

What kind of hours do they work? Do they work days, nights, shifts, overtime, how many hours per week or day?

I don't know but i think they work in the morning and the afternoon.

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Day in the Life
Three important work activities this person performs during the day
1. Calculating how much money a project will cost

2. How long it will take to finish the task
3. To keep everything in budget

Breakdown of Activities
Three activities this person spends the most time on
1. Work on the project
2. Research
3. knowledge

Likes and Dislikes
What does this person like about the job?

They get a lot of money
What does this person dislike about the job?
You can't get over the budget

What are three things that you think are good about this job?
1. You are really important
2. You hire the company to do the work
3. They make the building look how they want it to look

What are three things you think are bad about this job?
1. You can't waste a lot of money over the budget
2. You have to be perfectly on schedule
3. You can't mess up

Could you see yourself doing this job in the future? Why or why not?

Yes because it makes you focus more on how you're doing all of your work and it will be better in a lot of other things.