building inspectortoland planner
A building inspector already meets 30% of what the land planner role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
69.7/ 100
1 Share of the land planner 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 this move works
A land planner role treats 6 of its required skills as things a building inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- civil engineering
- engineering principles
- surveying
- surveying methods
- topography
- urban planning law
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A land planner 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.
- already held urban planning law business, administration and law
- already held surveying methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held architecture regulations business, administration and law
- already held surveying engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held advise architects communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held topography engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the land planner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held green building standards required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held urban planning required
- required, not held zoning codes required
- optional, not held spatial planning optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- required, not held compare survey computations required
- required, not held execute feasibility study required
- required, not held process collected survey data required
- optional, not held document survey operations optional
- optional, not held record survey data optional
- optional, not held collect data using GPS optional
- optional, not held compile GIS-data optional
- optional, not held determine property boundaries optional
- optional, not held perform surveying calculations optional
- required, not held advise on architectural matters required
- required, not held advise on use of land required
- required, not held provide technical expertise required
- optional, not held advise on building matters optional
- optional, not held promote sustainability optional
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held environmental policy required
- required, not held geography required
- optional, not held geodesy optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held operate surveying instruments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a land planner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on architectural matters skill · sector specific
- 02 compare survey computations skill · sector specific
- 03 geographic information systems knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held civil engineering knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held surveying knowledge
- already held surveying methods knowledge
- already held topography knowledge
- already held urban planning law knowledge
- already held advise architects skill
- already held architecture regulations knowledge
- already held building codes knowledge
- already held conduct land surveys skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held document survey operations optional
- optional, not held operate surveying instruments optional
- optional, not held record survey data optional
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held spatial planning optional
- optional, not held advise on building matters optional
- optional, not held collect data using GPS optional
- optional, not held compile GIS-data optional
- optional, not held determine property boundaries optional
- optional, not held geodesy optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held perform surveying calculations optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- optional, not held promote sustainability optional
25 held skills the land planner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role building materials industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role check construction compliance skill
- 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 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 energy performance of buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building practices 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 manage construction archive skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects 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 read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role review construction projects skill
- not needed by the target role use safety equipment in construction skill
- 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.
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held green building standards required
- required, not held environmental policy required
- required, not held geography required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held urban planning required
- required, not held zoning codes required
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held spatial planning optional
- optional, not held geodesy optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
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.