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

bookmakertoodds compiler

A bookmaker already meets 41% of what the odds compiler role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bookmaker
41%
Overlap1
To odds compiler
5 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
52.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.9/ 100

1 Share of the odds compiler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bookmaker 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 odds compiler role treats 5 of its required skills as things a bookmaker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • display betting information
  • follow ethical code of conduct of gambling
  • mathematics
  • place bets
  • work out odds

What stands in the way is 5 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A odds compiler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bookmaker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work out odds information skills
  • already held display betting information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held place bets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
  • already held mathematics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the odds compiler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held games rules required
  • required, not held legal standards in gambling required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held persuade clients with alternatives required
  • optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
  • optional, not held conduct gambling games optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held calculate betting target odds required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held solve problems in gambling through digital means required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sporting events optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a odds compiler 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held display betting information skill
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held place bets skill
  • already held work out odds skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
  • optional, not held conduct gambling games optional
  • optional, not held sporting events optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
14 held skills the odds compiler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out end of day accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate gambling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role handle cash flow skill
  • not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
  • not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
  • not needed by the target role maximise sales revenues skill
  • not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
  • not needed by the target role remove cheating players skill
  • not needed by the target role sports competition information knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
3 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 games rules required
  • required, not held legal standards in gambling required
  • optional, not held sporting events optional
Index

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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.