Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

academic support officertoacademic advisor

A academic support officer already meets 46% of what the academic advisor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From academic support officer
46%
Overlap1
To academic advisor
13 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
52.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 52.1

This move: 52.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the academic advisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the academic support officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A academic advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a academic support officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tackle issues that block academic progress assisting and caring
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
  • already held identify education needs management skills
  • already held education law business, administration and law
  • already held cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the academic advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held construct individual learning plans required
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on learning methods required
  • optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
  • optional, not held consult student's support system optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
  • optional, not held provide career counselling optional
03 education 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • optional, not held action research optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
04 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held counselling methods required
  • optional, not held labour market optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor educational developments required
  • optional, not held analyse education system optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held provide information on school services required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a academic advisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held provide information on study programmes skill
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held tackle issues that block academic progress skill
  • already held university procedures knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held education administration optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held psychology optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
  • optional, not held action research optional
  • optional, not held analyse education system optional
  • optional, not held consult student's support system optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held labour market optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held organise job search workshops optional
  • optional, not held promote education programmes optional
  • optional, not held provide career counselling optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
23 held skills the academic advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess students skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage access programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote education course skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit student ambassador skill
  • not needed by the target role school psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
  • not needed by the target role teach university class skill
  • not needed by the target role tutor students skill
  • not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held counselling methods required
  • required, not held curriculum standards required
  • optional, not held action research optional
  • optional, not held education administration optional
  • optional, not held labour market optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from academic support officer

Full index of moves from academic support officer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.