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

immigration advisertoimmigration officer

A immigration adviser already meets 44% of what the immigration officer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From immigration adviser
44%
Overlap1
To immigration officer
7 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
49.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.2/ 100

1 Share of the immigration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the immigration adviser 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 immigration officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a immigration adviser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply immigration law
  • check official documents
  • check travel documentation
  • immigration law
  • provide immigration advice
  • respond to enquiries

What stands in the way is 4 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A immigration officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a immigration adviser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply immigration law assisting and caring
  • already held check travel documentation assisting and caring
  • already held provide immigration advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held immigration law business, administration and law
  • already held check official documents assisting and caring
  • already held respond to enquiries assisting and caring

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the immigration officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 4 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
  • required, not held identify security threats required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
03 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a immigration 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply immigration law skill
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held check travel documentation skill
  • already held immigration law knowledge
  • already held provide immigration advice skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
22 held skills the immigration officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on licencing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess informational needs skill
  • not needed by the target role assess licence applications skill
  • not needed by the target role correspond with licence applicants skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role foreign affairs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue licences skill
  • not needed by the target role issue official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role licences regulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role observe new developments in foreign countries skill
  • not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
  • not needed by the target role screen clients skill
  • not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
2 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 illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from immigration adviser

Full index of moves from immigration adviser

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.