Chemical application specialist to post 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.
70.8/ 100
1 How much of what a post office counter clerk is expected to do is already part of a chemical application specialist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the post office counter clerk role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A post office counter clerk role treats 4 of its required skills as things a chemical application specialist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn issue sales invoices required
- still to learn operate cash register required
- still to learn deliver correspondence required
- still to learn handle financial transactions required
- still to learn process payments required
- optional, not held distribute pensions optional
- optional, not held register mail optional
- optional, not held convert currency optional
- still to learn 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
- still to learn 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
- still to learn assist customers required
- optional, not held maintain store cleanliness optional
- optional, not held handle registered mail optional
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.
- 01 sell post office products practise this
- 02 assist customers practise this
- 03 characteristics of services study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn 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
Other moves recorded from chemical application specialist
Common questions about this move
Can a chemical application specialist become a post office counter clerk?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A chemical application specialist already covers 24% of what a post office counter clerk is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 4 of which the post office counter clerk role treats as required.
What skills does a chemical application specialist need to become a post office counter clerk?
8 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is sell post office products.
How hard is the move from chemical application specialist to post office counter clerk?
Its learning distance is 70.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.