Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

building inspectortoconstruction general contractor

A building inspector already meets 24% of what the construction general contractor role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From building inspector
24%
Overlap1
To construction general contractor
10 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
74.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.4/ 100

1 Share of the construction general contractor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the building inspector profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A construction general contractor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a building inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check construction compliance
  • green building practices
  • monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects
  • read standard blueprints

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A construction general contractor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a building inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held review construction projects information skills
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects information skills
  • already held check construction compliance assisting and caring
  • already held green building practices engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held advise architects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held building codes engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the construction general contractor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify customer objectives required
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • required, not held coordinate construction activities required
  • required, not held manage contracts required
  • optional, not held communicate with construction crews optional
02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform quality control of design during a run required
  • required, not held audit contractors required
  • required, not held keep records of work progress required
  • required, not held monitor construction site required
  • optional, not held inspect construction supplies optional
03 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held construction product regulation required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held real estate market required
  • optional, not held project commissioning optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
04 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with construction project deadline required
  • required, not held monitor contractor performance required
  • optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held decommissioning optional
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held renewable energy optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a construction general contractor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check construction compliance skill
  • already held green building practices knowledge
  • already held monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held advise architects skill
  • already held building codes knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held manage health and safety standards skill
  • already held review construction projects skill
  • already held use safety equipment in construction skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held design principles optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held decommissioning optional
  • optional, not held communicate with construction crews optional
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
  • optional, not held project commissioning optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held design principles optional
  • optional, not held inspect construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held renewable energy optional
26 held skills the construction general contractor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role architecture regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role building materials industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate problems to senior colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct fire safety inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role construction legal systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform on workplace safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect building systems skill
  • not needed by the target role issue permits skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage construction archive skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role perform field research skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surveying knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surveying methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role topography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held construction product regulation required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held real estate market required
  • optional, not held decommissioning optional
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held project commissioning optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held design principles optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held renewable energy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from building inspector

Full index of moves from building inspector

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.