property assistanttoletting agent
A property assistant already meets 67% of what the letting agent role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
34.9/ 100
1 Share of the letting agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the property assistant 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 letting agent role treats 13 of its required skills as things a property assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advertising techniques
- collect property financial information
- compare property values
- fix meetings
- identify customer's needs
- inform on renting agreements
What stands in the way is 4 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A letting agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a property assistant background worth leading with.
- already held organise property viewing management skills
- already held prepare inventory of properties information skills
- already held inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
- already held advise on property value communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform property market research information skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 13 the letting agent role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 coordinate advertising campaigns required
- required, not held coordinate events required
- optional, not held plan marketing campaigns optional
- required, not held liaise with advertising agencies required
- optional, not held communicate with tenants optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- required, not held office administration required
- optional, not held collect customer data optional
- optional, not held examine credit ratings optional
- optional, not held check construction compliance optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a letting agent role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 office administration knowledge · sector specific
- 02 coordinate advertising campaigns skill · cross sector
- 03 coordinate events skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held advertising techniques knowledge
- already held collect property financial information skill
- already held compare property values skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held inform on renting agreements skill
- already held organise property viewing skill
- already held perform property market research skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held provide information on properties skill
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held use office systems skill
- already held advise on property value skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held prepare inventory of properties skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect customer data optional
- optional, not held communicate with tenants optional
- optional, not held building codes optional
- optional, not held check construction compliance optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held examine credit ratings optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held plan marketing campaigns optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
27 held skills the letting agent role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise on investment skill
- not needed by the target role assist in loan applications skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate profitability skill
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role handle tenant changeover skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with property owners skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of office supplies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate on asset value skill
- not needed by the target role office software knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise a damage assessment skill
- not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
- not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
- not needed by the target role plan buildings maintenance work skill
- not needed by the target role prepare financial statements skill
- not needed by the target role prepare sales checks skill
- not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
- not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role value properties skill
2 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 office administration required
- optional, not held building codes 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.