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

chemical application specialisttopost office counter clerk

A chemical application specialist already meets 24% of what the post office counter clerk role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chemical application specialist
24%
Overlap1
To post office counter clerk
4 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
70.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.8/ 100

1 Share of the post office counter clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chemical application specialist 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 post office counter clerk role treats 4 of its required skills as things a chemical application specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • characteristics of products
  • communicate with customers
  • customer service
  • satisfy customers

What stands in the way is 8 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 post office counter clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chemical application specialist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held satisfy customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held characteristics of products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held customer service business, administration and law
  • already held communicate with customers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the post office counter clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 management skills 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held issue sales invoices required
  • required, not held operate cash register required
  • required, not held deliver correspondence required
  • required, not held handle financial transactions required
  • required, not held process payments required
  • optional, not held distribute pensions optional
  • optional, not held register mail optional
  • optional, not held convert currency optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held characteristics of services required
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held financial markets optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held types of pensions optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held sell post office products required
  • optional, not held carry out active selling optional
  • optional, not held offer financial services optional
  • optional, not held promote financial products optional
  • optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held assist customers required
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain store cleanliness optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held handle registered mail optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a post office counter 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 characteristics of products knowledge
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held customer service knowledge
  • already held satisfy customers skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held distribute pensions optional
  • optional, not held handle registered mail optional
  • optional, not held register mail optional
  • optional, not held carry out active selling optional
  • optional, not held convert currency optional
  • optional, not held maintain store cleanliness optional
  • optional, not held offer financial services optional
  • optional, not held promote financial products optional
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
  • optional, not held financial markets optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held types of pensions optional
20 held skills the post office counter clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on customs regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop chemical products skill
  • not needed by the target role develop components separation processes skill
  • not needed by the target role green chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform customer management skill
  • not needed by the target role perfume and cosmetic products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmaceutical products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate formulae into processes skill
  • not needed by the target role use chemical analysis equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
5 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 characteristics of services required
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held financial markets optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held types of pensions optional
Index

Other moves recorded from chemical application specialist

Full index of moves from chemical application specialist

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.