Assessor of prior learning to medium
An assessor of prior learning already meets 22% of what the medium role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.8/ 100
1 How much of what a medium is expected to do is already part of an assessor of prior learning’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the medium role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A medium role treats 3 of its required skills as things an assessor of prior learning already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- develop professional network
- listen actively
- manage personal professional development
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medium role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an assessor of prior learning background worth leading with.
- already held coach clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep personal administration information skills
- already held listen actively communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage personal professional development management skills
- already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the medium role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn use séance tools required
- still to learn prospect new customers required
- still to learn counsel clients required
- still to learn maintain customer service required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn spiritualism required
- still to learn maintain privacy of service users required
- optional, not held provide spiritual counselling optional
- still to learn rhetoric required
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medium 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 · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held coach clients skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held provide spiritual counselling optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
25 held skills the medium role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on training courses skill
- not needed by the target role apply quality standards to the interaction with candidates skill
- not needed by the target role assess candidates skill
- not needed by the target role assess prior learning skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role deliberate prior learning assessment results skill
- not needed by the target role document prior learning assessments skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in assessment situations skill
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
- not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage documentation of prior learning assessments skill
- not needed by the target role monitor assessment skill
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- not needed by the target role prepare the assessment of prior learning skill
- not needed by the target role provide assistance with job search skill
- not needed by the target role provide career counselling skill
- not needed by the target role show impartiality in an assessment situation skill
- not needed by the target role use questioning techniques for assessment skill
- not needed by the target role work with different target groups skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn spiritualism required
- still to learn rhetoric required
- optional, not held psychology optional
Other moves recorded from assessor of prior learning
Common questions about this move
Can an assessor of prior learning become a medium?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An assessor of prior learning already covers 22% of what a medium is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 3 of which the medium role treats as required.
What skills does an assessor of prior learning need to become a medium?
9 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is use séance tools.
How hard is the move from assessor of prior learning to medium?
Its learning distance is 70.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.