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

event assistanttoevent manager

A event assistant already meets 35% of what the event manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From event assistant
35%
Overlap1
To event manager
13 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
68.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.5/ 100

1 Share of the event manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the event assistant 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 event manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a event assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • confer with event staff
  • inspect event facilities
  • maintain event records
  • monitor event activities
  • negotiate contracts with event providers
  • organise event participants' registration

What stands in the way is 12 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A event manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a event assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held negotiate contracts with event providers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held organise event participants' registration management skills
  • already held review event bills management skills
  • already held obtain event permits information skills
  • already held inspect event facilities information skills
  • already held maintain event records information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the event manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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 8 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held develop event topics required
  • required, not held arrange event needs required
  • required, not held plan presence at professional events required
  • required, not held supervise event staff required
  • required, not held coordinate events required
  • required, not held direct event administrative details required
  • required, not held plan events required
  • required, not held plan schedule required
  • optional, not held determine event objectives optional
  • optional, not held manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
  • required, not held educate on sustainable tourism required
  • optional, not held engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas optional
  • optional, not held support community-based tourism optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held work with respect for own safety required
  • optional, not held support local tourism optional
  • optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held evaluate events required
  • optional, not held document safety actions optional
  • optional, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held virtual reality optional
06 working with computers 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held promote virtual reality travelling experiences optional
  • optional, not held use e-tourism platforms optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a event manager 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 confer with event staff skill
  • already held inspect event facilities skill
  • already held maintain event records skill
  • already held monitor event activities skill
  • already held negotiate contracts with event providers skill
  • already held organise event participants' registration skill
  • already held review event bills skill
  • already held contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
  • already held liaise with event sponsors skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held obtain event permits skill
  • already held select event providers skill
  • already held solicit event publicity skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ecotourism optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held determine event objectives optional
  • optional, not held document safety actions optional
  • optional, not held ecotourism optional
  • optional, not held engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas optional
  • optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
  • optional, not held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage optional
  • optional, not held promote virtual reality travelling experiences optional
  • optional, not held support community-based tourism optional
  • optional, not held support local tourism optional
  • optional, not held use e-tourism platforms optional
  • optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
  • optional, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production optional
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held virtual reality optional
25 held skills the event manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role arrange special events skill
  • not needed by the target role contact event speakers skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate catering skill
  • not needed by the target role create event-specific menus skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast catering services skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with advertising agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with guest facilities providers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with transportation companies skill
  • not needed by the target role make logistical arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage event structure installation skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate buying conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role organise facilities for office personnel skill
  • not needed by the target role organise on-site amenities skill
  • not needed by the target role organise travel arrangements for staff skill
  • not needed by the target role process booking skill
  • not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote event skill
  • not needed by the target role quote prices skill
  • not needed by the target role visit suppliers skill
4 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
  • optional, not held ecotourism optional
  • optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held virtual reality optional
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.