customs officertolicensing officer
A customs officer already meets 23% of what the licensing officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
23%
71.5/ 100
1 Share of the licensing officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the customs officer 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 this move works
A licensing officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a customs officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on licencing procedures
- licences regulation
- manage import export licenses
What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A licensing officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a customs officer background worth leading with.
- already held advise on licencing procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held licences regulation services
- already held manage import export licenses information skills
- already held check official documents assisting and caring
- already held undertake inspections information skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the licensing officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held assess breaches of licence agreements required
- required, not held grant concessions required
- required, not held monitor compliance with licensing agreements required
- required, not held prepare licence agreements required
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held assess licence applications required
- required, not held issue licences required
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- required, not held correspond with licence applicants required
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- required, not held public service concession required
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- required, not held manage licensing fees required
- optional, not held collect licence fees optional
- optional, not held office software optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a licensing officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess breaches of licence agreements skill · occupation specific
- 02 public service concession knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 assess licence applications skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held advise on licencing procedures skill
- already held licences regulation knowledge
- already held manage import export licenses skill
- already held check official documents skill
- already held undertake inspections skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect licence fees optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
13 held skills the licensing officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply regulations on cargo transport operations skill
- not needed by the target role arrange customs inspection skill
- not needed by the target role customs law knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date to current customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role pose questions referring to documents skill
- not needed by the target role prevent smuggling skill
- not needed by the target role provide testimony in court hearings skill
- not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held public service concession required
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held office software optional
Other moves recorded from customs officer
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.