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

billing clerktofile clerk

A billing clerk already meets 22% of what the file clerk role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From billing clerk
22%
Overlap1
To file clerk
4 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
72.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.2/ 100

1 Share of the file clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the billing clerk 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 file clerk role treats 4 of its required skills as things a billing clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • file documents
  • fill out forms
  • organise business documents
  • use office systems

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A file clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a billing clerk 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 use office systems management skills

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 information skills 5 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held facilitate access to information required
  • required, not held perform records management required
  • required, not held ensure information transparency required
  • required, not held ensure proper document management required
  • required, not held keep task records required
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held keep promotions records optional
  • optional, not held keep records on sales optional
  • optional, not held keep stock records optional
  • optional, not held maintain museum records optional
  • optional, not held maintain service record book optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held keep records of customer interaction optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions optional
02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held digitization required
  • optional, not held document sharing procedures optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held respect data protection principles required
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held information confidentiality required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
06 working with computers 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held digitise documents optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held use software for data preservation optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a file 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 4 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
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health records management optional
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held liaise with typists optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held health records management optional
  • optional, not held keep promotions records optional
  • optional, not held keep records on sales optional
  • optional, not held keep stock records optional
  • optional, not held maintain museum records optional
  • optional, not held maintain service record book optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held digitise documents optional
  • optional, not held document sharing procedures optional
  • optional, not held keep records of customer interaction optional
  • optional, not held liaise with typists optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held use software for data preservation optional
20 held skills the file clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role allocate bills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess debtor's financial situation skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role count money skill
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow up accounts receivables skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role handle petty cash skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role interview bank loanees skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain credit history of clients skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held information confidentiality required
  • required, not held digitization required
  • optional, not held health records management optional
  • optional, not held document sharing procedures optional
Index

Other moves recorded from billing clerk

Full index of moves from billing clerk

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.