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

administrative assistanttobilling clerk

A administrative assistant already meets 29% of what the billing clerk role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From administrative assistant
29%
Overlap1
To billing clerk
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
62.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 62.8

This move: 62.8 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the billing clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the administrative assistant 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A billing clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a administrative assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held file documents information skills
  • already held fill out forms information skills
  • already held organise business documents management skills
  • already held handle petty cash management skills
  • already held use office systems management skills
  • already held use spreadsheets software working with computers

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the billing clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 4 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 information skills 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held follow up accounts receivables required
  • required, not held maintain credit history of clients required
  • required, not held maintain customer records required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held assess debtor's financial situation optional
  • optional, not held interpret financial statements optional
  • optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held allocate bills required
  • required, not held handle financial transactions required
  • optional, not held count money optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held financial department processes required
  • required, not held financial capability required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held interview bank loanees optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a billing clerk 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held file documents skill
  • already held fill out forms skill
  • already held organise business documents skill
  • already held use office systems skill
  • already held handle petty cash skill
  • already held use spreadsheets software skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held assess debtor's financial situation optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held count money optional
  • optional, not held interpret financial statements optional
  • optional, not held interview bank loanees optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
35 held skills the billing clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate general corporate information skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate internal communications skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate messages to people skill
  • not needed by the target role draft corporate emails skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of office supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain statutory books skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personnel agenda skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor staff absences skill
  • not needed by the target role organise facilities for office personnel skill
  • not needed by the target role organise travel arrangements for staff skill
  • not needed by the target role perform business research skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare presentation material skill
  • not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role respect data protection principles skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal organization software skill
2 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 financial department processes required
  • required, not held financial capability required
Index

Other moves recorded from administrative assistant

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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.