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

post office counter clerktocashier

A post office counter clerk already meets 29% of what the cashier role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From post office counter clerk
29%
Overlap1
To cashier
5 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
64.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.8/ 100

1 Share of the cashier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the post office counter 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 cashier role treats 4 of its required skills as things a post office counter clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • customer service
  • issue sales invoices
  • operate cash register
  • process payments

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate cash register management skills
  • already held sales argumentation business, administration and law
  • already held process payments management skills
  • already held issue sales invoices management skills
  • already held customer service business, administration and law

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure client orientation required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held direct customers to merchandise optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held manage theft prevention required
  • required, not held provide customer follow-up services required
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
  • optional, not held maintain transaction's reports optional
  • optional, not held monitor check-out point optional
  • optional, not held weigh materials optional
04 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held process refunds required
  • optional, not held process loyalty schemes optional
  • optional, not held reserve merchandise for customers optional
  • optional, not held count money optional
05 handling and moving 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain check-out area cleanliness optional
  • optional, not held pack merchandise for gifts optional
  • optional, not held package purchases in bags optional
  • optional, not held put up price tags optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cashier 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 customer service knowledge
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held operate cash register skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held sales argumentation knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain check-out area cleanliness optional
  • optional, not held process loyalty schemes optional
  • optional, not held reserve merchandise for customers optional
  • optional, not held direct customers to merchandise optional
  • optional, not held maintain transaction's reports optional
  • optional, not held monitor check-out point optional
  • optional, not held pack merchandise for gifts optional
  • optional, not held package purchases in bags optional
  • optional, not held put up price tags optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held weigh materials optional
  • optional, not held count money optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
20 held skills the cashier role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out active selling skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role convert currency skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
  • not needed by the target role distribute pensions skill
  • not needed by the target role financial markets knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role handle registered mail skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain store cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role offer financial services skill
  • not needed by the target role promote financial products skill
  • not needed by the target role register mail skill
  • not needed by the target role satisfy customers skill
  • not needed by the target role sell post office products skill
  • not needed by the target role types of pensions knowledge
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
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from post office counter clerk

Full index of moves from post office counter 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.