DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION SURVEYORS IN THAILAND

An occupational standard for construction surveyors and the desired skills of surveyors in Thailand’s construction industry were articulated. The research was conducted by studying data from previous research worldwide. The results were used as a guideline to summarize the conceptual framework of the methodology by arranging a seminar attended by 15 experts with experience in construction surveying and by performing functional analysis involving the key purpose, role, and function; unit of competency; and elements of competency. Subsequently, the results were evaluated, and the standard certification was verified by experts by analyzing the congruence index. The experts agreed in full and certified the research results evaluation on the professional development process of construction surveyors. The process of assessing and certifying the standard of surveyors in Thailand consists of 39 units of competency and 110 elements of competency. Based on the research, the most important competence of regular use in the survey with 8 elements of competency was selected as the model to evaluate, involving 15 participants from Unique Engineering & Construction PCL. The experiment was conducted on the operational unit in the project areas. To evaluate the professional qualification level along with knowledge and skill assessment criteria, an instrument was developed. Using the developed instruments for assessment of knowledge and skills, scores of 100% and at least 80% on two sets of assessment criteria were regarded as passing. This revealed that all selected people who were assessed met the criteria of professional qualification in the construction surveyors.