Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a library assistant can go next

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

Library assistants assist the librarian in the day-to-day activities of the library. They help clients find the materials they need, check out library materials and restock the shelves.

Clerical support workers 32 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: librarian, 50%

librarian 50% covered library manager 42% covered information manager 27% covered archivist 25% covered library assistant You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from library assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a library assistant already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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library assistant is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a library assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.