BC Assessment
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Career Opportunities at BC Assessment

Appraisal

Data Collection
Valuation support tools, Land/Bldg inspection, Building construction, Classification of Bldgs

Level Description

Work Examples

1. Introductory Knowledge
Appraiser Trainee
  • Accurately measures residential improvements & calc areas
  • has good knowledge of res. construction standards
  • Applies different residential manual classes and adjustments.
  • Reads and takes dimension from lot plans and blueprints. Can access LTO for lot plans
2. Basic Knowledge
Appraiser I
  • Can switch scales or use a planimeter/digitizer, other to calc. lots sizes
  • Knows design features of costs manuals. Can identify various qualities of finish and fixtures
  • Will change manual classes and depreciation where appropriate
  • Can use air photos or maps to locate remote property or determine farmland usage
3. Working Knowledge
Appraiser II
  • Measures/inventories commercial buildings
  • identifies all forms of functional or obsolete design in buildings
  • can measure all forms of depreciation including locational obsolescence
  • Knows and can apply the scheme of the M&S cost manual on most commercial/ industry buildings and yard improvement costs, incl. Subdivision costs
  • Uses AGIS to audit land rates or plot sales
  • Takes inventory from complex architectural plans and electrical power diagrams.
4. Advanced Knowledge
Sr. Appraiser
  • Inventories complex commercial or MIP improvements.
  • understands layout or flow of factory or mill operations
  • Knows how to apply the various sections of the MIP manual and legislated tables
  • Takes inventory from complex architectural plans or electrical power drawings
  • Analyses opposition PAAB briefs on complex properties
  • Understands the workings of the MIP manual