Construction & Building Inspectors
Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.
Also called: Building Inspection Engineer, Building Inspector, Combination Building Inspector, Construction Inspector
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- building and construction
- product and service development
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- see hidden patterns
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Independence
- Analytical Thinking
- Self Control
Technology:
- Inspection Depot Home Guide System
- Microsoft Word
- Automated permit system software
- NorthWest Builders Network Plan Analyst
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
Education:
certificate after high school
