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

recreation policy officertoeconomic policy officer

A recreation policy officer already meets 35% of what the economic policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From recreation policy officer
35%
Overlap1
To economic policy officer
10 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
62.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.2/ 100

1 Share of the economic policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the recreation policy officer 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 economic policy officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a recreation policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • create solutions to problems
  • government policy implementation
  • maintain relationships with government agencies
  • manage government policy implementation

What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A economic policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a recreation policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the economic policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain relations with local representatives required
  • required, not held advise legislators required
  • required, not held advise on economic development required
  • optional, not held advise on drafting policies optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
02 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor national economy required
  • required, not held analyse economic trends required
  • required, not held forecast economic trends required
  • optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held consider economic criteria in decision making required
  • required, not held develop economic policies required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held political economy required
  • required, not held economics required
05 business, administration and law 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
  • optional, not held international tariffs optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held international trade optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a economic policy 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held policy analysis knowledge
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on drafting policies optional
  • optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
  • optional, not held international tariffs optional
  • optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held international trade optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
12 held skills the economic policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
  • not needed by the target role apply latest sport science findings skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role develop recreation programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop sports programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role government representation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with sports organisations skill
  • not needed by the target role promote recreation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role promote sport activities in public health skill
7 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 political economy required
  • required, not held economics required
  • optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
  • optional, not held international tariffs optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held international trade optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from recreation policy officer

Full index of moves from recreation policy officer

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.