Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

Where an auctioneer can go next

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

Auctioneers conduct auctions by accepting bids and declaring goods sold.

Also known as trainee auctioneer, auctioneer for real estate, senior auctioneer, auctioneer for personal goods, merchant, market auctioneer, factor, agent, sale auctioneer, auctioneer for personal property.

Technicians and associate professionals 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: auction house manager, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
auction house manager 50% covered wholesale merchant in agricul… 26% covered wholesale merchant in beverag… 26% covered wholesale merchant in live an… 26% covered wholesale merchant in tobacco… 26% covered auctioneer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from auctioneer, 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 auctioneer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An auctioneer needs 20 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
  • close sales at auction management skills
  • facilitate the bidding process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep records of bid history information skills
  • perform auction chant communication, collaboration and creativity
  • present items during auction communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advertise auction sales communication, collaboration and creativity
  • arrange security of goods for auction assisting and caring
  • create auction catalogue communication, collaboration and creativity
  • items specialty available for auction business, administration and law
  • prepare for auction management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Auctioneer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an auctioneer’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.