Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

academic advisortoacademic support officer

A academic advisor already meets 38% of what the academic support officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From academic advisor
38%
Overlap1
To academic support officer
13 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
63.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 63.6

This move: 63.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the academic support officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the academic advisor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A academic support officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a academic advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tackle issues that block academic progress assisting and caring
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
  • already held identify education needs management skills
  • already held education law business, administration and law
  • already held cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the academic support officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage access programmes required
  • required, not held recruit student ambassador required
  • required, not held assess students required
  • required, not held coordinate educational programmes required
  • required, not held oversee extra-curricular activities required
  • optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate with youth required
  • required, not held show consideration for student's situation required
  • required, not held tutor students required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held teach university class optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held promote education course optional
  • optional, not held promote social awareness optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held guarantee students' safety required
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held electronic communication optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held communication optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a academic support officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held tackle issues that block academic progress skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held provide information on study programmes skill
  • already held university procedures knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held teach university class optional
  • optional, not held communication optional
  • optional, not held electronic communication optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held monitor student's behaviour optional
  • optional, not held promote education course optional
  • optional, not held promote social awareness optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
18 held skills the academic support officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role action research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on learning methods skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse education system skill
  • not needed by the target role construct individual learning plans skill
  • not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
  • not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role curriculum standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
  • not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
  • not needed by the target role organise job search workshops skill
  • not needed by the target role promote education programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on education financing skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on school services skill
  • not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held communication optional
  • optional, not held electronic communication optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from academic advisor

Full index of moves from academic advisor

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.