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

conveyance clerktonotary

A conveyance clerk already meets 30% of what the notary role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From conveyance clerk
30%
Overlap1
To notary
16 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
70.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.7/ 100

1 Share of the notary role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the conveyance clerk 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 notary role treats 3 of its required skills as things a conveyance clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legal services
  • civil law
  • property law

What stands in the way is 12 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A notary role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a conveyance clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held conveyancing business, administration and law
  • already held provide legal legitimacy to the transfer of assets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held register deeds information skills
  • already held advise on legal services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held revise legal documents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held examine mortgage loan documents information skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 3 the notary role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 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 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held private law required
  • required, not held constitutional law required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held law of non-marital cohabitation required
  • required, not held public law required
  • optional, not held types of oaths optional
  • optional, not held international import export regulations optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held mortgage loans optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held authenticate documents required
  • required, not held check official documents required
  • required, not held issue official documents required
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held take affidavits required
  • required, not held witness the signing of documents required
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret law required
  • optional, not held perform powers of attorney optional
  • optional, not held conclude business agreements optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held officiate weddings optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice optional
05 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held administer oaths required
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hand gestures optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a notary 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legal services skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held property law knowledge
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held conveyancing knowledge
  • already held examine mortgage loan documents skill
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held manage digital documents skill
  • already held perform clerical duties skill
  • already held provide legal legitimacy to the transfer of assets skill
  • already held real estate market knowledge
  • already held register deeds skill
  • already held revise legal documents skill
  • already held use word processing software skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held hand gestures optional
  • optional, not held perform powers of attorney optional
  • optional, not held types of oaths optional
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
  • optional, not held international import export regulations optional
  • optional, not held conclude business agreements optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held mortgage loans optional
  • optional, not held officiate weddings optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice optional
11 held skills the notary role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role legal case management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain contractual information skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor title procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role pose questions referring to documents skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare compliance documents skill
  • not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role review closing procedures skill
11 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 private law required
  • required, not held constitutional law required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held law of non-marital cohabitation required
  • required, not held public law required
  • optional, not held hand gestures optional
  • optional, not held types of oaths optional
  • optional, not held international import export regulations optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held mortgage loans optional
Index
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.