What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Realty Agent Trainee - Cabell County position at West Virginia Department of Transportation (WV)?
JOB
The Transportation Realty Agent Trainee will report to the District Right of Way Office. This incumbent works at the entry level in a training capacity in the Department of Transportation following a formal schedule of classroom and field training designed to prepare the candidate for assessment of value for real property, property rights acquisition, relocation assistance, property management, and right-of-way engineering and surveying. Work may involve simple negotiations, appraisals on non-complex, low value property, or related-level property management or relocation work. Performs related duties as required.Pay Grade 12
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
REQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.• Substitution: Full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in appraisal or appraisal review, negotiation, real estate management or real estate sales, relocation, or right-of-way experience may substitute for the required training/education through an established formula.REQUIRED EXPERIENCE • This is the entry level classification in this series. No prior experience is required.
The Transportation Realty Agent Trainee will report to the District Right of Way Office. This incumbent works at the entry level in a training capacity in the Department of Transportation following a formal schedule of classroom and field training designed to prepare the candidate for assessment of value for real property, property rights acquisition, relocation assistance, property management, and right-of-way engineering and surveying. Work may involve simple negotiations, appraisals on non-complex, low value property, or related-level property management or relocation work. Performs related duties as required.Pay Grade 12
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
- Attends classes on fundamentals of real property appraisal, real property rights acquisition, relocation assistance, property management, and right-of-way engineering and surveying.• Accompanies higher-level Realty Agents while the latter complete their assigned functions in the field and/or office.• Researches real property sales data from courthouse records for use in making real property appraisals.• Verifies prices for real property as they are reflected in courthouse records and ascertaining conditions surrounding such sales by contact with the buyers and sellers.• Assists occupants of real property being acquired by the Department of Transportation in finding adequate replacement property through personal contact.• Gathers data from contact with real estate brokers and from newspaper advertisements concerning real property available on the open market for use by higher-level Realty Agents engaged in making replacement housing cost determinations or determining fair rental or purchase value of properties.• Travel may be required; therefore, a valid driver’s license is required.
REQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.• Substitution: Full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in appraisal or appraisal review, negotiation, real estate management or real estate sales, relocation, or right-of-way experience may substitute for the required training/education through an established formula.REQUIRED EXPERIENCE • This is the entry level classification in this series. No prior experience is required.
