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

lottery managertobetting manager

A lottery manager already meets 39% of what the betting manager role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From lottery manager
39%
Overlap1
To betting manager
16 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
69.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.6/ 100

1 Share of the betting manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lottery manager 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 betting manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things a lottery manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting
  • customer service
  • follow company standards
  • maintain customer service
  • manage budgets
  • manage profitability

What stands in the way is 20 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A betting manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lottery manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held promote company communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
  • already held recreation activities services
  • already held manage profitability management skills
  • already held manage logistics management skills
  • already held represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 12 the betting manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 management skills 8 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held recognise indicators of problem betting required
  • required, not held supervise betting operations required
  • required, not held supervise betting shop staff required
  • required, not held follow betting strategies required
  • required, not held manage recreational facility required
  • required, not held manage securities required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • required, not held supervise daily information operations required
  • optional, not held organise labour optional
  • optional, not held work in an organised manner optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on betting required
  • required, not held display betting information required
  • required, not held place bets required
  • required, not held achieve sales targets required
  • required, not held train employees required
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
03 information skills 4 required
  • required, not held keep records of work progress required
  • required, not held measure customer feedback required
  • required, not held monitor customer behaviour required
  • required, not held produce statistical financial records required
04 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held betting required
  • required, not held betting legislation required
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held assist customers required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a betting 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting knowledge
  • already held customer service knowledge
  • already held follow company standards skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage profitability skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held promote company skill
  • already held represent the organisation skill
  • already held schedule recreation facilities skill
  • already held set organisational policies skill
  • already held handle customer complaints skill
  • already held keep task records skill
  • already held manage logistics skill
  • already held recreation activities knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held organise labour optional
  • optional, not held work in an organised manner optional
22 held skills the betting manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role arrange audit skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role involve volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role lead process optimisation skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role lottery company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lottery equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain lottery equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage lottery operations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage payroll skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role promote recreation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role sell tickets 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 betting required
  • required, not held betting legislation required
Index
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.