Appraisers & Assessors of Real Estate

Appraise real estate, exclusively, and estimate its fair value. May assess taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules.

On the job, you would:

• Compute final estimation of property values, taking into account such factors as depreciation, replacement costs, value comparisons of similar properties, and income potential.
• Prepare written reports that estimate property values, outline methods by which the estimations were made, and meet appraisal standards.
• Inspect new construction and major improvements to existing structures to determine values.

Education

• bachelor's degree

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Business

• customer service
• administrative services

Engineering and Technology

• computers and electronics
• building and construction

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

• Integrity
• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Independence
• Analytical Thinking
• Stress Tolerance

Verbal

• listen and understand what people say
• read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• use rules to solve problems

Math

• choose the right type of math to solve a problem
• add, subtract, multiply, or divide