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

odds compilertobookmaker

A odds compiler already meets 29% of what the bookmaker role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From odds compiler
29%
Overlap1
To bookmaker
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
62.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.2/ 100

1 Share of the bookmaker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the odds compiler 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 bookmaker role treats 4 of its required skills as things a odds compiler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • display betting information
  • follow ethical code of conduct of gambling
  • mathematics
  • place bets

What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bookmaker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a odds compiler background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work out odds information skills
  • already held display betting information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held place bets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
  • already held mathematics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the bookmaker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate gambling rules required
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
  • required, not held maximise sales revenues required
  • optional, not held train employees optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out end of day accounts required
  • required, not held keep task records required
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held handle cash flow required
  • optional, not held manage teamwork optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist customers required
  • optional, not held remove cheating players optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held sports competition information required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bookmaker 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held display betting information skill
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held place bets skill
  • already held work out odds skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage teamwork optional
  • optional, not held remove cheating players optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
11 held skills the bookmaker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply gaming psychology skill
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate betting target odds skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct gambling games skill
  • not needed by the target role games rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal standards in gambling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role persuade clients with alternatives skill
  • not needed by the target role solve problems in gambling through digital means skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role sporting events knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
1 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 sports competition information required
Index

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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.