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A real estate agent already meets 63% of what the property appraiser role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
37.5/ 100
1 Share of the property appraiser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the real estate agent 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 property appraiser role treats 11 of its required skills as things a real estate agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on property value
- collect property financial information
- compare property values
- energy performance of buildings
- examine the conditions of buildings
- obtain financial information
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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A property appraiser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a real estate agent background worth leading with.
- 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 value properties information skills
- already held analyse insurance needs communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 11 the property appraiser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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 make an inventory of fixtures required
- required, not held analyse insurance risk required
- optional, not held perform field research optional
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held compile appraisal reports optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- required, not held insurance law required
- required, not held risk management required
- optional, not held architecture regulations optional
- optional, not held check construction compliance optional
- optional, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues optional
- optional, not held construction methods optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a property appraiser role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 make an inventory of fixtures skill · occupation specific
- 02 analyse insurance risk skill · cross sector
- 03 insurance law knowledge · 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held advise on property value skill
- already held collect property financial information skill
- already held compare property values skill
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
- already held perform property market research skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held value properties skill
- already held analyse insurance needs skill
- already held building codes knowledge
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held provide information on properties skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held architecture regulations optional
- optional, not held perform field research optional
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held check construction compliance optional
- optional, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues optional
- optional, not held compile appraisal reports optional
- optional, not held construction methods optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
42 held skills the property appraiser role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- 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 analyse loans 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 building construction principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult credit score skill
- not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
- 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 estimate profitability skill
- not needed by the target role examine credit ratings skill
- not needed by the target role examine mortgage loan documents 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 advertising agencies 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 financial records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor title procedures skill
- not needed by the target role mortgage loans knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate with property owners skill
- not needed by the target role office administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise property viewing skill
- not needed by the target role perform contract compliance audits skill
- not needed by the target role plan buildings maintenance work skill
- not needed by the target role prepare inventory of properties skill
- not needed by the target role prepare real estate contract skill
- not needed by the target role prepare sales checks skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
- not needed by the target role review closing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role types of insurance knowledge
2 further entries not listed here
5 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 insurance law required
- required, not held risk management required
- optional, not held architecture regulations optional
- optional, not held construction methods optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations 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.