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

ombudsmantolabour relations officer

A ombudsman already meets 26% of what the labour relations officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ombudsman
26%
Overlap1
To labour relations officer
8 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
68.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.6/ 100

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

  • advise on conflict management
  • apply conflict management
  • employment law
  • protect employee rights

What stands in the way is 12 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 labour relations officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ombudsman 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 4 the labour relations officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain relations with local representatives required
  • required, not held represent union members required
  • required, not held advise on organisational culture required
  • required, not held advise on personnel management required
  • required, not held build trust required
  • required, not held establish collaborative relations required
  • required, not held represent the organisation required
  • optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held gather feedback from employees required
  • optional, not held monitor organisation climate optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held monitor company policy optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure gender equality in the workplace required
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held support employability of people with disabilities required
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held personnel management required
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a labour relations officer 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 advise on conflict management skill
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held employment law knowledge
  • already held protect employee rights skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held facilitate official agreement skill
  • already held moderate in negotiations skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held business communication optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held monitor organisation climate optional
  • optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held business communication optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held monitor company policy optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
16 held skills the labour relations officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate health and safety measures skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role educate employees on occupational hazards skill
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role private law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role show impartiality skill
  • not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness 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 government policy implementation required
  • required, not held personnel management required
  • optional, not held business communication optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ombudsman

Full index of moves from ombudsman

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.