Table 1Transition record

immigration officertoimmigration adviser

A immigration officer already meets 33% of what the immigration adviser role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From immigration officer

33%

Overlap1

To immigration adviser

7 Skills carried over

6 Required, not held

61.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.2/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the immigration adviser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the immigration 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 immigration adviser role treats 5 of its required skills as things a immigration officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

apply immigration law
check official documents
immigration law
provide immigration advice
respond to enquiries

What stands in the way is 6 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 adviser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a immigration officer 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 5 the immigration adviser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held advise on licencing procedures required
required, not held apply technical communication skills required

optional, not held assess informational needs optional
optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
optional, not held protect client interests optional
optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
optional, not held speak different languages optional

02 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held assess licence applications required
required, not held issue official documents required

optional, not held issue licences optional
optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
optional, not held screen clients optional

03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held correspond with licence applicants required

optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held keep task records optional
optional, not held observe new developments in foreign countries optional

04 services 1 required

required, not held licences regulation required

05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held foreign affairs optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a immigration adviser 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 immigration law knowledge
already held provide immigration advice skill
already held respond to enquiries skill
already held check travel documentation skill
already held use different communication channels skill

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held assess informational needs optional
optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held foreign affairs optional
optional, not held issue licences optional
optional, not held keep task records optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
optional, not held observe new developments in foreign countries optional
optional, not held protect client interests optional
optional, not held screen clients optional
optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
optional, not held speak different languages optional

16 held skills the immigration adviser role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
not needed by the target role conduct frisk skill
not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
not needed by the target role guide people to holding areas skill
not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment skill
not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
not needed by the target role illegal substances knowledge
not needed by the target role instruct public skill
not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
not needed by the target role present evidence skill
not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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

required, not held licences regulation required
optional, not held foreign affairs optional

Index

Other moves recorded from immigration officer

Full index of moves from immigration 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.