Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a consumer rights advisor can go next

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

Consumer rights advisors aid consumers with complaints and provide advice and information on rights as a consumer after purchase of products or services. They monitor organisations to ensure compliance to consumer rights standards, and aid consumers in handling disputes.

Also known as trading standards officer, legal services adviser, consumer rights legal adviser, consumer rights adviser, legal services advisor, food hygiene inspector, consumer rights legal advisor.

Technicians and associate professionals 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: legal consultant, 27%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
legal consultant 27% covered court jury coordinator 27% covered social security officer 26% covered court enforcement officer 22% covered immigration adviser 22% covered consumer rights advisor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from consumer rights advisor, 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 consumer rights advisor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A consumer rights advisor needs 12 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
  • advise on consumer rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • investigate complaints related to consumer protection information skills
  • consumer law business, administration and law
  • inspect government policy compliance information skills
  • consumer protection services
  • keep records of customer interaction information skills
  • protect client interests communication, collaboration and creativity
  • respond to enquiries assisting and caring
  • customer service business, administration and law
  • apply conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Consumer rights advisor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 consumer rights advisor’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.