Office clerk to property assistant

• already held communicate by telephone skill
• already held communicate with customers skill
• already held organise business documents skill
• already held perform office routine activities skill
• already held process commissioned instructions skill
• already held use office systems skill
• already held accounting techniques knowledge
• already held maintain inventory of office supplies skill

• optional, not held advise on investment optional
• optional, not held handle tenant changeover optional
• optional, not held liaise with property owners optional
• optional, not held negotiate on asset value optional
• optional, not held organise property viewing optional
• optional, not held perform property market research optional
• optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
• optional, not held prospect new customers optional
• optional, not held advertising techniques optional
• optional, not held advise on property value optional
• optional, not held assist in loan applications optional
• optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
• optional, not held compare property values optional
• optional, not held concurrent estate optional
• optional, not held create a financial plan optional
• optional, not held estimate profitability optional
• optional, not held examine the conditions of buildings optional
• optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
• optional, not held marketing principles optional
• optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
• optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
• optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
• optional, not held property law optional
• optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
• optional, not held value properties optional

• not needed by the target role align content with form skill
• not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
• not needed by the target role communicate with customer service department skill
• not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
• not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
• not needed by the target role digitise documents skill
• not needed by the target role disseminate internal communications skill
• not needed by the target role disseminate messages to people skill
• not needed by the target role document sharing procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role draft corporate emails skill
• not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
• not needed by the target role facilitate access to information skill
• not needed by the target role file documents skill
• not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
• not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
• not needed by the target role handle mail skill
• not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
• not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
• not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
• not needed by the target role maintain correspondence records skill
• not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
• not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
• not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
• not needed by the target role monitor staff absences skill
• not needed by the target role organise facilities for office personnel skill
• not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
• not needed by the target role prepare correspondence for customers skill
• not needed by the target role process customer orders skill
• not needed by the target role process data skill
• not needed by the target role respect data protection principles skill
• not needed by the target role route correspondence to business departments skill
• not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
• not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
• not needed by the target role translate keywords into full texts skill
• not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
• not needed by the target role use free typing techniques skill
• not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
• not needed by the target role use personal organization software skill
• not needed by the target role use software for data preservation skill
• not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill

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

• still to learn customer service required
• still to learn electronic communication required
• still to learn office software required
• still to learn real estate market required
• optional, not held advertising techniques optional
• optional, not held concurrent estate optional
• optional, not held marketing principles optional
• optional, not held property law optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. An office clerk already covers 23% of what a property assistant is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the property assistant role treats as required.

14 required skills are missing, plus 25 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is collect property financial information.

Its learning distance is 77.4 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.