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

weather forecastertonews anchor

A weather forecaster already meets 35% of what the news anchor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From weather forecaster
35%
Overlap1
To news anchor
11 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
65.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.6/ 100

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

  • audiovisual equipment
  • breathing techniques
  • memorise lines
  • present during live broadcasts
  • pronunciation techniques
  • read pre-drafted texts

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adopt a relaxed posture communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held read pre-drafted texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held memorise lines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with a voice coach communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present during live broadcasts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held breathing techniques arts and humanities

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the news anchor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 4 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held interview people required
  • required, not held work closely with news teams required
  • required, not held adapt to changing situations required
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
  • optional, not held moderate a debate optional
  • optional, not held participate in editorial meetings optional
  • optional, not held rewrite articles optional
  • optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
  • optional, not held perform improvisation optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
  • optional, not held show diplomacy optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held follow the news required
  • required, not held consult information sources required
  • optional, not held check correctness of information optional
  • optional, not held check stories optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held editorial standards required
  • required, not held interview techniques required
  • optional, not held news analytics optional
04 arts and humanities 2 required
  • required, not held grammar required
  • required, not held spelling required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
  • optional, not held set up sound equipment optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held press law optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a news anchor 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • already held breathing techniques knowledge
  • already held memorise lines skill
  • already held present during live broadcasts skill
  • already held pronunciation techniques knowledge
  • already held read pre-drafted texts skill
  • already held vocal techniques knowledge
  • already held adopt a relaxed posture skill
  • already held lighting techniques knowledge
  • already held photography knowledge
  • already held work with a voice coach skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held write to a deadline optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform video editing optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held news analytics optional
  • optional, not held check correctness of information optional
  • optional, not held check stories optional
  • optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
  • optional, not held moderate a debate optional
  • optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
  • optional, not held participate in editorial meetings optional
  • optional, not held perform video editing optional
  • optional, not held rewrite articles optional
  • optional, not held set up sound equipment optional
  • optional, not held write to a deadline optional
  • optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
  • optional, not held perform improvisation optional
  • optional, not held press law optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
  • optional, not held show diplomacy optional
12 held skills the news anchor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out meteorological research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on climate processes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop instrumentation systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop models for weather forecast skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role review meteorological forecast data skill
  • not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role use specialised computer models for weather forecasting skill
6 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 editorial standards required
  • required, not held grammar required
  • required, not held interview techniques required
  • required, not held spelling required
  • optional, not held news analytics optional
  • optional, not held press law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from weather forecaster

Full index of moves from weather forecaster

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.