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Where an assessor of prior learning can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an assessor of prior learning already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Assessors of prior learning measure the existing competences, skills and knowledge of a candidate against a given qualification or certificate, according to a pre-defined standard or procedure, and judge objectively if the candidate reaches the corresponding performance criteria.

Also known as prior learning assessor.

Professionals 30 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: career guidance advisor, 38%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
career guidance advisor 38% covered life coach 34% covered medium 22% covered corporate trainer 19% covered assessor of prior learning You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from assessor of prior learning, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an assessor of prior learning already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An assessor of prior learning needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • deliberate prior learning assessment results communication, collaboration and creativity
  • document prior learning assessments information skills
  • follow ethical code of conduct in assessment situations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage documentation of prior learning assessments information skills
  • monitor assessment management skills
  • prepare the assessment of prior learning management skills
  • show impartiality in an assessment situation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use questioning techniques for assessment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply quality standards to the interaction with candidates information skills
  • assess prior learning management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an assessor of prior learning does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Assessor of prior learning is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an assessor of prior learning’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.