Where a property appraiser can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a property appraiser already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Property appraisers undertake detailed analysis and investigation of properties in order to determine their value for sales, mortgage and insurance purposes. They compare the value of properties taking into account the age, actual state of property, its quality, repairs needed and overall sustainability. Property appraisers make an inventory of fixtures, compose a schedule of condition of property and prepare appraisal reports for both commercial and residential properties.
Also known as valuation surveyors, building appraiser, appraiser of properties, property assessors, residential appraiser, residential appraisers, real estate appraisal technician, properties appraiser, real estate appraiser, appraiser of property, property valuators, real estate appraisers.
Technicians and associate professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: real estate surveyor, 73%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A property appraiser needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- make an inventory of fixtures information skills
- advise on property value communication, collaboration and creativity
- examine the conditions of buildings information skills
- perform property market research information skills
- value properties information skills
- compare property values information skills
- organise a damage assessment management skills
- analyse insurance risk information skills
- collect property financial information information skills
- insurance law business, administration and law
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a property appraiser does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- real estate surveyor 67% covered · difficulty 34.1
- real estate agent 63% covered · difficulty 37.5
- property assistant 55% covered · difficulty 45
- property acquisitions manager 53% covered · difficulty 46.6
- real estate investor 51% covered · difficulty 47.9
- housing manager 48% covered · difficulty 50.6
- letting agent 48% covered · difficulty 50.6
- foreclosure specialist 43% covered · difficulty 55.1
- title closer 39% covered · difficulty 58.3
- personal property appraiser 29% covered · difficulty 66.8
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Property appraiser is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a property appraiser’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.