Insurance Risk Surveyor
What the work is
Inspects items and properties to evaluate conditions affecting underwriting standards, and develops and promotes safety programs.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Inspects property, buildings and operations of commercial and industrial establishments to assess physical conditions and work practices
- Evaluates the adequacy of security, fire and related systems
- Prepares reports and recommends actions to reduce risks
- Compiles data that influences the determination of premium rates
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a loss adjusting firm that works with insurers after property damage. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You walk a business owner through what happens next, and they relax for the first time in days
- You spot the detail that makes a messy claim simple
- A fair settlement is reached and both sides shake hands
Hard days
- An owner who has lost a lot wants more than the policy allows
- Two accounts of the same event that do not agree
- Long drives, damp buildings and a stack of photographs to write up
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 531533, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.