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

academic advisortoeducational counsellor

A academic advisor already meets 40% of what the educational counsellor role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From academic advisor
40%
Overlap1
To educational counsellor
18 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
63.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.1/ 100

1 Share of the educational counsellor 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.

Why

Why this move works

A educational counsellor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a academic advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • consult student's support system
  • counsel students
  • counselling methods
  • identify education needs
  • learning difficulties
  • learning needs analysis

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A educational counsellor 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 advise on learning methods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held tackle issues that block academic progress assisting and caring
  • already held provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on study programmes assisting and caring
  • already held learning needs analysis education

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the educational counsellor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held use psychoeducation required
  • required, not held communicate about youth's well-being required
  • required, not held communicate with youth required
  • required, not held liaise with educational institutions required
  • required, not held liaise with educational staff required
  • optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
  • optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
  • optional, not held establish educational network optional
  • optional, not held work in vocational school optional
  • optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held show consideration for student's situation optional
02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor student's behaviour required
  • required, not held perform educational testing required
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
03 health and welfare 2 required
  • required, not held client-centred counselling required
  • required, not held crisis intervention required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held adolescent psychological development required
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held psychological counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
  • optional, not held guarantee students' safety optional
06 education 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held adult education optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a educational counsellor 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult student's support system skill
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held counselling methods knowledge
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held learning needs analysis knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held monitor educational developments skill
  • already held tackle issues that block academic progress skill
  • already held advise on learning methods skill
  • already held assessment processes knowledge
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held provide career counselling skill
  • already held provide information on education financing skill
  • already held provide information on study programmes skill
  • already held psychology knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
08 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect education institutions optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
  • optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
  • optional, not held establish educational network optional
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held work in vocational school optional
  • optional, not held adult education optional
  • optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held guarantee students' safety optional
  • optional, not held inspect education institutions optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held psychological counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held show consideration for student's situation optional
13 held skills the educational counsellor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role action research knowledge
  • 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 curriculum objectives 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 give constructive feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
  • 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 information on school services skill
  • not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
12 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 client-centred counselling required
  • required, not held adolescent psychological development required
  • required, not held crisis intervention required
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held adult education optional
  • optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held psychological counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures 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.