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A real estate investor already meets 66% of what the real estate surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
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1 Share of the real estate surveyor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the real estate investor 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 real estate surveyor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a real estate investor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- collect property financial information
- compare property values
- examine the conditions of buildings
- perform property market research
- property law
- provide information on properties
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 · What you already bring
Of the 14 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 real estate investor background worth leading with.
- already held cadastral taxation business, administration and law
- already held concurrent estate business, administration and law
- 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 14 carried skills, including the 9 the real estate surveyor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 advise on property value required
- required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required
- 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
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held risk management optional
- optional, not held inspect taxation documents optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
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.
- 01 advise on property value skill · cross sector
- 02 maintain relationships with government agencies 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 14 skills that carry over
- 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 tax legislation knowledge
- already held value properties skill
- already held building codes knowledge
- already held cadastral taxation knowledge
- already held concurrent estate knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held obtain financial information skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held perform field research optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held compile appraisal reports 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
16 held skills the real estate surveyor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role actuarial science knowledge
- not needed by the target role asset management knowledge
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with banking professionals skill
- 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 maintain records of financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate with property owners 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 project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role supervise property development projects skill
- not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held risk management 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.