housing managertoproperty appraiser
A housing manager already meets 48% of what the property appraiser role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
50.6/ 100
1 Share of the property appraiser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the housing manager 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 8 of its required skills as things a housing manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- collect property financial information
- energy performance of buildings
- examine the conditions of buildings
- obtain financial information
- organise a damage assessment
- perform property market research
What stands in the way is 7 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 12 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 housing manager background worth leading with.
- already held check construction compliance assisting and caring
- 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 organise a damage assessment management skills
- already held collect property financial information information skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the property appraiser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 4 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
- required, not held compare property values required
- required, not held value properties 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 concurrent estate optional
- required, not held advise on property value required
- optional, not held analyse insurance needs optional
- optional, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues optional
- optional, not held construction methods 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 advise on property value skill · cross sector
- 03 analyse insurance risk 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held collect property financial information 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 building codes knowledge
- already held check construction compliance skill
- already held fire safety regulations 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 analyse insurance needs optional
- optional, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues optional
- optional, not held compile appraisal reports optional
- optional, not held concurrent estate optional
- optional, not held construction methods optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
33 held skills the property appraiser role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
- not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
- not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role building construction principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect rental fees skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with tenants skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role enforce financial policies skill
- not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle tenant changeover skill
- not needed by the target role inform on renting agreements skill
- not needed by the target role investigate social security applications skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with property owners skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role organise property viewing skill
- not needed by the target role plan allocation of space skill
- not needed by the target role plan buildings maintenance work skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare inventory of properties skill
- not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role report major building repairs skill
- not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
- not needed by the target role supervise property development projects skill
- not needed by the target role work within communities skill
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 concurrent estate optional
- optional, not held construction methods 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.