Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a campaign canvasser can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a campaign canvasser already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Campaign canvassers operate on field level to persuade the public to vote for the political candidate they represent. They engage in direct conversation with the public in public places, and gather information on the public's opinion, as well as perform activities ensuring that information on the campaign reaches a wide audience.

Also known as campaign worker, political party activist, canvasser, political campaign canvasser, party activist, political party volunteer, campaign canvass worker, party campaigner, political canvasser.

Professionals 25 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: election agent, 27%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
election agent 27% covered political campaign officer 25% covered political party agent 21% covered street warden 19% covered campaign canvasser You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from campaign canvasser, 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 a campaign canvasser 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

A campaign canvasser needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • canvassing methods business, administration and law
  • engage passers-by in conversation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • influence voting behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advocate a cause communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform fundraising activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • present arguments persuasively communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain professional records information skills
  • use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Campaign canvasser 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 a campaign canvasser’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.