Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a building caretaker can go next

1 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a building caretaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Building caretakers maintain and monitor the condition and security of buildings. They clean, assist with minor repairs and ensure that amenities such as heating and hot water are available to the residents. Building caretakers are responsible for the quality of buildings and also serve as a contact person for residents.

Also known as building technician, property caretaker, caretaker, site caretaker, facilities manager, building manager, facilities caretaker.

Service and sales workers 24 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: house sitter, 22%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
house sitter 22% covered building caretaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 1 nearest destinations from building caretaker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a building caretaker already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A building caretaker needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage ground maintenance management skills
  • register information on arrivals and departures information skills
  • execute inspection walkway assisting and caring
  • manage cleaning activities management skills
  • examine the conditions of buildings information skills
  • energy conservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
  • follow company standards assisting and caring
  • handle customer complaints communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with managers communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a building caretaker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Building caretaker is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a building caretaker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.