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Credentials that raise your pay

• PQS (Professional Quantity Surveyor)

  The senior CIQS (Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors) designation. Opens the door to cost consulting, where you advise owners and banks instead of bidding.

• Gold Seal Certified Estimator

  Canadian Construction Association certification based on experience, education credits and an exam.

• A trade ticket

  Estimators who have built what they price are trusted more and paid more.

• Specialty estimating

  Mechanical, electrical or civil estimating each pay a premium because fewer people can do them.