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

competition policy officertotrade development officer

A competition policy officer already meets 59% of what the trade development officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From competition policy officer
59%
Overlap1
To trade development officer
19 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
42.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.8/ 100

1 Share of the trade development officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the competition policy 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.

Why

Why this move works

A trade development officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a competition policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • business strategy concepts
  • competition law
  • corporate law
  • government policy implementation
  • inspect government policy compliance
  • maintain relations with local representatives

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A trade development officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a competition policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held investigate competition restrictions information skills
  • already held promote free trade communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held competition law business, administration and law
  • already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
  • already held business strategy concepts business, administration and law
  • already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity

All 19 carried skills, including the 9 the trade development officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 business, administration and law 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held international commercial transactions rules required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
  • required, not held international business required
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held build international relations required
  • required, not held establish collaborative relations required
  • optional, not held host trade delegations optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop trade policies required
  • optional, not held develop international cooperation strategies optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held economics required
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess risk factors optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a trade development officer 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held business strategy concepts knowledge
  • already held competition law knowledge
  • already held corporate law knowledge
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held inspect government policy compliance skill
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held market analysis knowledge
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held promote free trade skill
  • already held advise on government policy compliance skill
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held investigate competition restrictions skill
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop international cooperation strategies optional
  • optional, not held host trade delegations optional
  • optional, not held assess risk factors optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
11 held skills the trade development officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
  • not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop competition policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role state aid regulations knowledge
5 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 international commercial transactions rules required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
  • required, not held economics required
  • required, not held international business required
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
Index

Other moves recorded from competition policy officer

Full index of moves from competition policy 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.