摘要：This article identifies the essential skills that site managers, responsible for carrying out civil construction works, are expected to have. These skills were determined through a survey carried out with site managers and human resources professionals of construction companies. The aim of the study is to contribute to improve people management and to set up a competency management system (CMS). Initially a literature review identified 25 important competences, and the key skills among these were defined by site managers and human resources professionals. The respondents of the survey also determined the frequency that these skills were applied on a daily basis. The study also reinforces the importance of organizations to pay attention to the definition of competencies, and to set up mechanisms to measure them and monitor their use while their construction projects are in progress.
关键词：Civil construction;competency management;skill of the project manager
