RecordMove

Property assistant to real estate surveyor

A property assistant already meets 60% of what the real estate surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From property assistant

Partial match

To real estate surveyor

11 You already bring

2 Still to learn

26 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

37.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a real estate surveyor is expected to do is already part of a property assistant’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the real estate surveyor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A real estate surveyor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a property assistant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

advise on property value
collect property financial information
compare property values
examine the conditions of buildings
perform property market research
property law

What stands in the way is 2 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A real estate surveyor 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
already held advise on property value communication, collaboration and creativity
already held examine the conditions of buildings information skills
already held perform property market research information skills
already held provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
already held value properties information skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the real estate surveyor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 business, administration and law 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn tax legislation required

optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
optional, not held risk management optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required

03 information skills 5 supplementary

optional, not held perform field research optional
optional, not held compile appraisal reports optional
optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
optional, not held research taxation procedures optional

04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 supplementary

optional, not held quantity surveying optional
optional, not held building codes optional
optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional

05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held inspect taxation documents optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held geographic information systems optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a real estate surveyor 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 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on property value skill
already held collect property financial information skill
already held compare property values skill
already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
already held perform property market research skill
already held property law knowledge
already held provide information on properties skill
already held real estate market knowledge
already held value properties skill
already held concurrent estate knowledge
already held obtain financial information skill

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held geographic information systems optional
optional, not held perform field research optional
optional, not held quantity surveying optional
optional, not held building codes optional
optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
optional, not held compile appraisal reports optional
optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
optional, not held inspect taxation documents optional
optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
optional, not held research taxation procedures optional
optional, not held risk management optional

36 held skills the real estate surveyor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
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 attend trade fairs skill
not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
not needed by the target role communicate with customers 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 fix meetings 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 identify customer's needs skill
not needed by the target role inform on renting agreements 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 organise property viewing 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 inventory of properties 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 prospect new customers skill
not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
not needed by the target role use office systems skill

8 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 pick up Tier

still to learn tax legislation required
optional, not held geographic information systems optional
optional, not held quantity surveying optional
optional, not held building codes optional
optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
optional, not held risk management optional

Index

Other moves recorded from property assistant

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a property assistant become a real estate surveyor?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A property assistant already covers 60% of what a real estate surveyor is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 9 of which the real estate surveyor role treats as required.

What skills does a property assistant need to become a real estate surveyor?

2 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is maintain relationships with government agencies.

How hard is the move from property assistant to real estate surveyor?

Its learning distance is 37.6 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.