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Where a race track operator can go next

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

Race track operators run the day-to-day functions of the tote operation at a horse race track, such as tote system data entry and verification, prepare the reports for the racetrack office, assist the forwarding of company equipment and spare parts. They maintain, operate and troubleshoot tote boards and auxiliary odds boards. They operate the communication tools used at the racetrack. They install, tear down and maintain equipment.

Also known as tote manager, advanced tote operator, tote board operator, tote technician.

Clerical support workers 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: bingo caller, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
bingo caller 36% covered bookmaker 33% covered odds compiler 28% covered games development manager 19% covered gambling quality assurance en… 18% covered race track operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from race track operator, 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 race track operator 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 race track operator 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
  • analyse tote reports information skills
  • calculate tote price information skills
  • configuration of the tote room hardware information and communication technologies (icts)
  • horse racing regulation services
  • operate tote board working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • parimutuel betting business, administration and law
  • set up tote board working with computers
  • sports competition information social sciences, journalism and information
  • follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
  • process data information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Race track operator is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. 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 a race track operator’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.