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

wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipmenttowholesale merchant

A wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment already meets 48% of what the wholesale merchant role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.

From wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
48%
Overlap1
To wholesale merchant
19 Skills carried over
1 Required, not held
63.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.5/ 100

1 Share of the wholesale merchant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment 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 wholesale merchant role treats 18 of its required skills as things a wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess supplier risks
  • build business relationships
  • comprehend financial business terminology
  • have computer literacy
  • identify customer's needs
  • identify new business opportunities

What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wholesale merchant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products arts and humanities
  • already held initiate contact with sellers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held initiate contact with buyers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held negotiate sale of commodities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held identify new business opportunities management skills
  • already held assess supplier risks information skills

All 19 carried skills, including the 18 the wholesale merchant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 56 missing skills fall into 11 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 business, administration and law 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held consumer goods industry required
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held office equipment optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
  • optional, not held export control principles optional
  • optional, not held inventory management rules optional
  • optional, not held supply chain principles optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 25 supplementary
  • optional, not held beverage products optional
  • optional, not held clothing and footwear products optional
  • optional, not held coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products optional
  • optional, not held construction products optional
  • optional, not held dairy and edible oil products optional
  • optional, not held electrical household appliances products optional
  • optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
  • optional, not held glassware products optional
  • optional, not held hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products optional
  • optional, not held hides, skins and leather products optional
  • optional, not held industrial tools optional
  • optional, not held machine tools optional
  • optional, not held machinery products optional
  • optional, not held meat and meat products optional
  • optional, not held metal and metal ore products optional
  • optional, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products optional
  • optional, not held office furniture products optional
  • optional, not held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products optional
  • optional, not held textile industry machinery products optional
  • optional, not held textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials optional
  • optional, not held tobacco products optional
  • optional, not held types of aircraft optional
  • optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
  • optional, not held wood products optional
  • optional, not held electronic communication optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held agricultural equipment optional
  • optional, not held agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products optional
  • optional, not held fish, crustacean and mollusc products optional
  • optional, not held fruit and vegetable products optional
  • optional, not held live animal products optional
04 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage storage operations optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
05 services 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held household products optional
  • optional, not held perfume and cosmetic products optional
  • optional, not held waste and scrap products optional
  • optional, not held waste management optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held handle cargo space on sale optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 1 entries a wholesale merchant 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess supplier risks skill
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held identify new business opportunities skill
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held initiate contact with buyers skill
  • already held initiate contact with sellers skill
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held monitor international market performance skill
  • already held negotiate buying conditions skill
  • already held negotiate sale of commodities skill
  • already held negotiate sales contracts skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held plan transport operations skill
  • already held product comprehension knowledge
  • already held sales strategies knowledge
  • already held furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held chemical products optional
  • optional, not held flower and plant products optional
08 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
09 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical products optional
10 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held computer equipment optional
11 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held visit suppliers optional
55 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held handle cargo space on sale optional
  • optional, not held manage storage operations optional
  • optional, not held agricultural equipment optional
  • optional, not held agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products optional
  • optional, not held beverage products optional
  • optional, not held chemical products optional
  • optional, not held clothing and footwear products optional
  • optional, not held coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products optional
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held computer equipment optional
  • optional, not held construction products optional
  • optional, not held dairy and edible oil products optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held electrical household appliances products optional
  • optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
  • optional, not held fish, crustacean and mollusc products optional
  • optional, not held flower and plant products optional
  • optional, not held fruit and vegetable products optional
  • optional, not held glassware products optional
  • optional, not held hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products optional
  • optional, not held hides, skins and leather products optional
  • optional, not held household products optional
  • optional, not held industrial tools optional
  • optional, not held live animal products optional
  • optional, not held machine tools optional
  • optional, not held machinery products optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held meat and meat products optional
  • optional, not held metal and metal ore products optional
  • optional, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products optional
  • optional, not held office equipment optional
  • optional, not held office furniture products optional
  • optional, not held perfume and cosmetic products optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical products optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products optional
  • optional, not held textile industry machinery products optional
  • optional, not held textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials optional
  • optional, not held tobacco products optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional

15 further entries not listed here

0 held skills the wholesale merchant role does not ask for
Skill Type
48 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 consumer goods industry required
  • optional, not held agricultural equipment optional
  • optional, not held agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products optional
  • optional, not held beverage products optional
  • optional, not held chemical products optional
  • optional, not held clothing and footwear products optional
  • optional, not held coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products optional
  • optional, not held commercial law optional
  • optional, not held computer equipment optional
  • optional, not held construction products optional
  • optional, not held dairy and edible oil products optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held electrical household appliances products optional
  • optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
  • optional, not held fish, crustacean and mollusc products optional
  • optional, not held flower and plant products optional
  • optional, not held fruit and vegetable products optional
  • optional, not held glassware products optional
  • optional, not held hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products optional
  • optional, not held hides, skins and leather products optional
  • optional, not held household products optional
  • optional, not held industrial tools optional
  • optional, not held live animal products optional
  • optional, not held machine tools optional
  • optional, not held machinery products optional
  • optional, not held meat and meat products optional
  • optional, not held metal and metal ore products optional
  • optional, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products optional
  • optional, not held office equipment optional
  • optional, not held office furniture products optional
  • optional, not held perfume and cosmetic products optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical products optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products optional
  • optional, not held textile industry machinery products optional
  • optional, not held textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials optional
  • optional, not held tobacco products optional
  • optional, not held types of aircraft optional
  • optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
  • optional, not held waste and scrap products optional

8 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment

Full index of moves from wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment

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.