Career guidance advisor to educational counsellor

• already held communicate about youth's well-being skill
• already held communicate with youth skill
• already held counsel students skill
• already held counselling methods knowledge
• already held identify education needs skill
• already held liaise with educational staff skill
• already held listen actively skill
• already held monitor educational developments skill
• already held perform educational testing skill
• already held adult education knowledge
• already held assessment processes knowledge
• already held cooperate with education professionals skill
• already held education law knowledge
• already held establish educational network skill
• already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
• already held provide career counselling skill
• already held provide information on education financing skill
• already held provide information on study programmes skill
• already held psychological counselling methods knowledge
• already held psychology knowledge

• optional, not held advise on learning methods optional
• optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
• optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
• optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
• optional, not held work in vocational school optional
• optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
• optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
• optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
• optional, not held community education optional
• optional, not held developmental psychology optional
• optional, not held guarantee students' safety optional
• optional, not held inspect education institutions optional
• optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
• optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
• optional, not held primary school procedures optional
• optional, not held school psychology optional
• optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
• optional, not held show consideration for student's situation optional

• not needed by the target role advise on training courses skill
• not needed by the target role application process knowledge
• 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 assess students' preliminary learning experiences skill
• not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
• not needed by the target role coach clients skill
• not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
• not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
• not needed by the target role curriculum objectives knowledge
• not needed by the target role curriculum standards knowledge
• not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
• not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
• not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
• not needed by the target role evaluate clients' progress skill
• not needed by the target role facilitate job market access skill
• not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
• not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
• not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
• not needed by the target role job market offers knowledge
• not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
• not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
• not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
• not needed by the target role manage professional transition in an arts career skill
• not needed by the target role organise job search workshops skill
• not needed by the target role organise projects to fill education needs skill
• not needed by the target role organise study information sessions skill
• not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
• not needed by the target role project management knowledge
• not needed by the target role provide assistance with job search skill
• not needed by the target role provide information on school services skill
• not needed by the target role university procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
• not needed by the target role work with different target groups skill
• not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn client-centred counselling required
• still to learn adolescent psychological development required
• still to learn crisis intervention required
• still to learn learning difficulties required
• still to learn learning needs analysis required
• optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
• optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
• optional, not held community education optional
• optional, not held developmental psychology optional
• optional, not held primary school procedures optional
• optional, not held school psychology optional
• optional, not held secondary school procedures optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A career guidance advisor already covers 43% of what an educational counsellor is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 9 of which the educational counsellor role treats as required.

11 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is client-centred counselling.

Its learning distance is 61.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.