house sittertobuilding caretaker
A house sitter already meets 30% of what the building caretaker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 61.7 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the building caretaker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the house sitter 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A building caretaker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a house sitter background worth leading with.
- already held register information on arrivals and departures information skills
- already held execute inspection walkway assisting and caring
- already held use gardening equipment handling and moving
- already held clean rooms handling and moving
- already held clean surfaces handling and moving
- already held handle veterinary emergencies handling and moving
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the building caretaker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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 handle customer complaints required
- required, not held liaise with managers required
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- required, not held manage ground maintenance required
- required, not held manage cleaning activities required
- optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
- required, not held examine the conditions of buildings required
- optional, not held perform park safety inspections optional
- optional, not held fill out forms optional
- optional, not held inspect building systems optional
- required, not held follow company standards required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with noise standards optional
- required, not held energy conservation required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a building caretaker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage ground maintenance skill · sector specific
- 02 energy conservation knowledge · cross sector
- 03 examine the conditions of buildings 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held execute inspection walkway skill
- already held register information on arrivals and departures skill
- already held clean rooms skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held use gardening equipment skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held perform ground maintenance activities optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held perform ground maintenance activities optional
- optional, not held perform park safety inspections optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with noise standards optional
- optional, not held fill out forms optional
- optional, not held inspect building systems optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
19 held skills the building caretaker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role collect mail skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role credit card payments knowledge
- not needed by the target role disseminate messages to people skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure private property security skill
- not needed by the target role feed pets skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain pool cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role monitor building security skill
- not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
- not needed by the target role park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
- not needed by the target role provide dog walking services skill
- not needed by the target role provide home pet sitting services skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role vacuum surfaces 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 energy conservation required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
Other moves recorded from house sitter
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.