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Where a ticket sales agent can go next

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

Ticket sales agents provide initial service to customers, sell travel tickets and fit the reservation offer to customers' queries and needs.

Also known as ticket booking agent, ticket reservation agent, ticket agent.

Clerical support workers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: doorman/doorwoman, 35%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
doorman/doorwoman 35% covered ticket issuing clerk 34% covered tourist information officer 33% covered hotel porter 32% covered hotel concierge 31% covered ticket sales agent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ticket sales agent, 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 ticket sales agent 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 ticket sales agent needs 16 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
  • cancellation policies of service providers business, administration and law
  • keep up to date on local events information skills
  • inform customers of activity changes assisting and caring
  • use global distribution system working with computers
  • quote prices assisting and caring
  • sell tickets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • handle personal identifiable information assisting and caring
  • process booking information skills
  • provide tourism related information assisting and caring
  • upsell products communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Ticket sales agent is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. 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 ticket sales agent’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.