Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Investigate or inspect government property to ensure compliance with contract agreements and government regulations.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Public Safety and Security
- Building and Construction
- Law and Government
- Administrative
- Engineering and Technology
- Computers and Electronics
What the work involves
- Prepare correspondence, reports of inspections or investigations, or recommendations for action.
- Examine records, reports, or other documents to establish facts or detect discrepancies.
- Inspect government property, such as construction sites or public housing, to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements.
- Monitor investigations of suspected offenders to ensure that they are conducted in accordance with constitutional requirements.
- Collect, identify, evaluate, or preserve case evidence.
- Inspect manufactured or processed products to ensure compliance with contract specifications or legal requirements.
- Coordinate with or assist law enforcement agencies in matters of mutual concern.
- Testify in court or at administrative proceedings concerning investigation findings.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (39.3% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (38.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (44.4%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Government Property Inspectors and Investigators is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 13-1041 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 81% of occupations compared | 81% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very high | Higher on dealing with the public than 89% of occupations compared | 57% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Moderate | Higher on teamwork than 57% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 65% of occupations compared | 39% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 55% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 95% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very high | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 86% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 86% of occupations compared | 39% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very high
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 6.44%
- Contact with others most of the time: 12.34%
- Constant contact with others: 81.22%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 12.8%
- Very important: 30.46%
- Extremely important: 56.74%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0.51%
- Important: 6.44%
- Very important: 49.41%
- Extremely important: 43.63%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0.51%
- Limited freedom: 30.84%
- Some freedom: 38.52%
- A lot of freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0.46%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 40.75%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 34.04%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
Conflict situations
- Never: 6%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 21.56%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 34.99%
- Every day: 37.44%
n = 17, Incumbent 07/2016
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 5.98%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 10.52%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 12.87%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 58.7%
- Every day: 11.94%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 22.42%
- Fairly serious: 38.86%
- Serious: 36.61%
- Very serious: 0.98%
- Extremely serious: 1.12%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2016
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