Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a licensing officer can go next

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

Licensing officers process licence applications and provide advice on licensing legislation. They also perform investigative duties to ensure the applicant is eligible for the requested licence, ensure licence fees are paid in a timely manner, and ensure compliance with legislation.

Also known as licensing compliance officer, licensing standards officer, driver licensing officer, technology licensing officer, building permit licensing officer, licensing examiner, building authority officer, business permit licensing officer, fire protection specialist, patents officer, license inspector, restaurant licensing officer.

Technicians and associate professionals 24 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: immigration adviser, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
immigration adviser 41% covered customs officer 38% covered passport officer 35% covered grants administrator 27% covered immigration officer 25% covered licensing officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from licensing officer, 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 licensing officer 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

A licensing officer 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
  • assess breaches of licence agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • public service concession business, administration and law
  • assess licence applications assisting and caring
  • correspond with licence applicants information skills
  • manage licensing fees management skills
  • grant concessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor compliance with licensing agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare licence agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on licencing procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • licences regulation services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Licensing officer 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 licensing officer’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.