Where a travel agent can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a travel agent already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Travel agents design and market travel programme itineraries for potential travellers or visitors.
Clerical support workers 58 skills on file 12 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: travel consultant, 71%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- travel consultant 71% covered · difficulty 39
- tour operator representative 65% covered · difficulty 43.1
- hospitality establishment receptionist 53% covered · difficulty 51.4
- hotel concierge 53% covered · difficulty 43.4
- tourist animator 51% covered · difficulty 50.9
- hotel butler 49% covered · difficulty 47.2
- ticket sales agent 45% covered · difficulty 52
- camping ground operative 44% covered · difficulty 54.9
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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travel agent is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a travel agent 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.