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

office clerktotypist

A office clerk already meets 46% of what the typist role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From office clerk
46%
Overlap1
To typist
13 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
51.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.9/ 100

1 Share of the typist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the office clerk 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 typist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a office clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • align content with form
  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • company policies
  • draft corporate emails
  • transcription methods
  • use free typing techniques

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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A typist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a office clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held translate keywords into full texts information skills
  • already held align content with form communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use free typing techniques management skills
  • already held transcription methods arts and humanities
  • already held draft corporate emails communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held digitise documents working with computers

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the typist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with typists required
  • required, not held pose questions referring to documents required
  • required, not held provide written content required
  • optional, not held type texts from audio sources optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
02 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held decode handwritten texts required
  • required, not held type error-free documents required
  • required, not held use dictionaries required
  • optional, not held compile content optional
  • optional, not held maintain customer records optional
  • optional, not held use stenotype machines optional
03 working with computers 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held integrate content into output media optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand computer program optional
  • optional, not held use word processing software optional
04 arts and humanities 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held audio technology optional
  • optional, not held content development processes optional
  • optional, not held stenography optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a typist 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held align content with form skill
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held draft corporate emails skill
  • already held transcription methods knowledge
  • already held use free typing techniques skill
  • already held use microsoft office skill
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held ensure proper document management skill
  • already held manage digital documents skill
  • already held perform office routine activities skill
  • already held translate keywords into full texts skill
  • already held use spreadsheets software skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held integrate content into output media optional
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
  • optional, not held audio technology optional
  • optional, not held compile content optional
  • optional, not held content development processes optional
  • optional, not held maintain customer records optional
  • optional, not held stenography optional
  • optional, not held type texts from audio sources optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand computer program optional
  • optional, not held use stenotype machines optional
  • optional, not held use word processing software optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
35 held skills the typist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customer service department skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate internal communications skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate messages to people skill
  • not needed by the target role document sharing procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role facilitate access to information skill
  • not needed by the target role file documents skill
  • not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
  • not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain correspondence records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of office supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor staff absences skill
  • not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role organise facilities for office personnel skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare correspondence for customers skill
  • not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role process customer orders skill
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role respect data protection principles skill
  • not needed by the target role route correspondence to business departments skill
  • not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal organization software skill
  • not needed by the target role use software for data preservation 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
  • optional, not held audio technology optional
  • optional, not held content development processes optional
  • optional, not held stenography optional
Index

Other moves recorded from office clerk

Full index of moves from office clerk

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.