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

waiter/waitresstonight auditor

A waiter/waitress already meets 35% of what the night auditor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From waiter/waitress
35%
Overlap1
To night auditor
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
59.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.5/ 100

1 Share of the night auditor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waiter/waitress 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 night auditor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a waiter/waitress already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • maintain customer service
  • process payments
  • process reservations

What stands in the way is 7 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 night auditor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a waiter/waitress background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held detect drug abuse assisting and caring
  • already held process reservations information skills
  • already held maintain incident reporting records information skills
  • already held assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
  • already held process payments management skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the night auditor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 3 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 assisting and caring 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held assist at check-in required
  • required, not held deal with departures in accommodation required
  • required, not held deal with arrivals in accommodation required
  • required, not held greet guests required
  • optional, not held provide tourism related information optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held monitor guest access optional
  • optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out end of day accounts required
  • required, not held maintain customer records required
  • optional, not held ensure hotel security optional
  • optional, not held assess cleanliness of areas optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held take room service orders optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a night auditor 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 comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held process reservations skill
  • already held assist clients with special needs skill
  • already held detect drug abuse skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held maintain incident reporting records skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure hotel security optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held provide tourism related information optional
  • optional, not held take room service orders optional
  • optional, not held assess cleanliness of areas optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held monitor guest access optional
  • optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
35 held skills the night auditor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise guests on menus for special events skill
  • not needed by the target role alcoholic beverage products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in hospitality skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange tables skill
  • not needed by the target role assist VIP guests skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding food and beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role check dining room cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role clean surfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role decant wines skill
  • not needed by the target role dietary regimes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on coffee varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on tea varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role food and beverages on the menu knowledge
  • not needed by the target role laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role local area tourism industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare alcoholic beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare flambeed dishes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare hot drinks skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare service trolleys skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare the restaurant for service skill
  • not needed by the target role present menus skill
  • not needed by the target role recommend wines skill
  • not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role serve food in table service skill
  • not needed by the target role serve wines skill
  • not needed by the target role sparkling wines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise food quality skill
  • not needed by the target role take food and beverage orders from customers skill
  • not needed by the target role use food cutting tools skill
  • not needed by the target role welcome restaurant guests skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a hospitality team skill
Index

Other moves recorded from waiter/waitress

Full index of moves from waiter/waitress

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.