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

academic support officertolearning mentor

A academic support officer already meets 49% of what the learning mentor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From academic support officer
49%
Overlap1
To learning mentor
16 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
52.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.1/ 100

1 Share of the learning mentor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the academic support officer 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 learning mentor role treats 10 of its required skills as things a academic support officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate with youth
  • counsel students
  • learning difficulties
  • liaise with educational staff
  • liaise with educational support staff
  • listen actively

What stands in the way is 7 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A learning mentor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a academic support officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held school psychology social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held show consideration for student's situation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held identify education needs management skills
  • already held education law business, administration and law
  • already held monitor student's behaviour management skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the learning mentor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
  • required, not held assist students in their learning required
  • required, not held consult student's support system required
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held provide teacher support optional
  • optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
02 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held behavioural disorders required
  • required, not held communication disorders required
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
03 management skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
  • optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
04 education 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held learning needs analysis required
  • optional, not held action research optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
05 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply person-centred care optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
06 health and welfare 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held social development optional
  • optional, not held counselling methods optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a learning mentor 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate with youth skill
  • already held counsel students skill
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held liaise with educational staff skill
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held monitor student's behaviour skill
  • already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • already held show consideration for student's situation skill
  • already held support children's wellbeing skill
  • already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held school psychology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply person-centred care optional
  • optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held social development optional
  • optional, not held action research optional
  • optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
  • optional, not held counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held provide teacher support optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
20 held skills the learning mentor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess students skill
  • not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role curriculum objectives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role manage access programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote education course skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on study programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit student ambassador skill
  • not needed by the target role tackle issues that block academic progress skill
  • not needed by the target role teach university class skill
  • not needed by the target role tutor students skill
  • not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work with virtual learning environments skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
10 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 behavioural disorders required
  • required, not held communication disorders required
  • required, not held learning needs analysis required
  • optional, not held social development optional
  • optional, not held action research optional
  • optional, not held counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
Index

Other moves recorded from academic support officer

Full index of moves from academic support officer

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.