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

cashiertocheckout supervisor

A cashier already meets 30% of what the checkout supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cashier
30%
Overlap1
To checkout supervisor
8 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
69.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.4/ 100

1 Share of the checkout supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cashier 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 checkout supervisor role treats 7 of its required skills as things a cashier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • maintain transaction's reports
  • manage theft prevention
  • monitor check-out point
  • operate cash register
  • process payments
  • provide customer follow-up services

What stands in the way is 13 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A checkout supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cashier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain transaction's reports information skills
  • already held monitor check-out point information skills
  • already held manage theft prevention assisting and caring
  • already held operate cash register management skills
  • already held process payments management skills
  • already held teamwork principles generic programmes and qualifications

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the checkout supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 9 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 management skills 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held managing a business with great care required
  • required, not held oversee promotional sales prices required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held monitor customer service required
  • required, not held perform balance sheet operations required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • optional, not held supervise deposit slips optional
  • optional, not held coordinate shifts optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held control of expenses required
  • required, not held develop financial statistics reports required
  • optional, not held record corporate property optional
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply company policies required
  • optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held manage cash transportation optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held purchase supplies optional
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held supervise store opening and closing procedures required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use IT systems for commercial purposes required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a checkout supervisor 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held maintain transaction's reports skill
  • already held manage theft prevention skill
  • already held monitor check-out point skill
  • already held operate cash register skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held provide customer follow-up services skill
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held teamwork principles knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
08 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held communication principles optional
09 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held record corporate property optional
  • optional, not held supervise deposit slips optional
  • optional, not held purchase supplies optional
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held communication principles optional
  • optional, not held coordinate shifts optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
  • optional, not held manage cash transportation optional
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
17 held skills the checkout supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
  • not needed by the target role count money skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role direct customers to merchandise skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain check-out area cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role pack merchandise for gifts skill
  • not needed by the target role package purchases in bags skill
  • not needed by the target role process loyalty schemes skill
  • not needed by the target role process refunds skill
  • not needed by the target role put up price tags skill
  • not needed by the target role reserve merchandise for customers skill
  • not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sales promotion techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role weigh materials 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
  • optional, not held accounting techniques optional
  • optional, not held communication principles optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from cashier

Full index of moves from cashier

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.