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

labour relations officertoombudsman

A labour relations officer already meets 39% of what the ombudsman role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From labour relations officer
39%
Overlap1
To ombudsman
8 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
55.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.4/ 100

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

  • apply conflict management
  • create solutions to problems
  • employment law
  • facilitate official agreement
  • 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ombudsman role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a labour relations officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held protect employee rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held moderate in negotiations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held facilitate official agreement communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held respond to enquiries assisting and caring
  • already held employment law business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the ombudsman role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held show impartiality required
  • required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
  • required, not held manage contract disputes required
  • required, not held show intercultural awareness required
  • optional, not held communicate health and safety measures optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held address problems critically optional
  • optional, not held educate employees on occupational hazards optional
  • optional, not held promote social awareness optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held private law required
04 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify policy breach optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ombudsman 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held employment law knowledge
  • already held facilitate official agreement skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held advise on conflict management skill
  • already held moderate in negotiations skill
  • already held protect employee rights skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate health and safety measures optional
  • optional, not held identify policy breach optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held address problems critically optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held educate employees on occupational hazards optional
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
  • optional, not held promote social awareness optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
21 held skills the ombudsman role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on organisational culture skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on personnel management skill
  • not needed by the target role build trust skill
  • not needed by the target role business communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role gather feedback from employees skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
  • 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 manage government policy implementation skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor organisation climate skill
  • not needed by the target role personnel management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role represent union members skill
  • not needed by the target role support employability of people with disabilities skill
3 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 private law required
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from labour relations officer

Full index of moves from labour relations 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.