Conveyance clerk to notary
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.
70.7/ 100
1 How much of what a notary is expected to do is already part of a conveyance clerk’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 notary role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A notary role treats 3 of its required skills as things a conveyance clerk already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 27 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 private law required
- still to learn constitutional law required
- still to learn contract law required
- still to learn law of non-marital cohabitation required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn authenticate documents required
- still to learn check official documents required
- still to learn issue official documents required
- still to learn take affidavits required
- still to learn witness the signing of documents required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- still to learn 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
- still to learn administer oaths required
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held hand gestures optional
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.
- 01 administer oaths practise this
- 02 take affidavits practise this
- 03 witness the signing of documents practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn private law required
- still to learn constitutional law required
- still to learn contract law required
- still to learn law of non-marital cohabitation required
- still to learn 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
Common questions about this move
Can a conveyance clerk become a notary?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A conveyance clerk already covers 30% of what a notary is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 3 of which the notary role treats as required.
What skills does a conveyance clerk need to become a notary?
12 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is administer oaths.
How hard is the move from conveyance clerk to notary?
Its learning distance is 70.7 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.