Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Database integrator to data entry clerk

A database integrator already meets 37% of what the data entry clerk role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From database integrator
37 % overlap
Distant match
To data entry clerk
12 You already bring
6 Still to learn
34 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.5/ 100

1 How much of what a data entry clerk is expected to do is already part of a database integrator’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 data entry clerk role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A data entry clerk role treats 4 of its required skills as things a database integrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • database
  • perform data cleansing
  • query languages
  • resource description framework query language

What stands in the way is 6 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A data entry clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database integrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held implement data warehousing techniques working with computers
  • already held perform data cleansing working with computers
  • already held database information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held LDAP information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held MDX information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held XQuery information and communication technologies (icts)

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the data entry clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn maintain data entry requirements required
  • still to learn apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • still to learn process data required
  • optional, not held manage data collection systems optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn use word processing software required
  • optional, not held establish data processes optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT data classification optional
  • optional, not held normalise data optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held implement data quality processes optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn apply information security policies required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • still to learn documentation types required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held ABBYY FineReader optional
  • optional, not held OmniPage optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held optical character recognition software optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a data entry 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held database knowledge
  • already held perform data cleansing skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held implement data warehousing techniques skill
  • already held manage data skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ABBYY FineReader optional
  • optional, not held OmniPage optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held establish data processes optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT data classification optional
  • optional, not held manage data collection systems optional
  • optional, not held normalise data optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held implement data quality processes optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held optical character recognition software optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
55 held skills the data entry clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DB2 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM Informix knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MySQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ObjectStore knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Data Integrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PostgreSQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role QlikView Expressor knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP Data Services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS Data Management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL Server knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role TripleStore knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply ICT systems theory skill
  • not needed by the target role balance database resources skill
  • not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define data quality criteria skill
  • not needed by the target role define integration strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role design application interfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role domain name service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill

15 further entries not listed here

7 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn documentation types required
  • optional, not held ABBYY FineReader optional
  • optional, not held OmniPage optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held data storage optional
  • optional, not held information confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held optical character recognition software optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a database integrator become a data entry clerk?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A database integrator already covers 37% of what a data entry clerk is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 4 of which the data entry clerk role treats as required.

What skills does a database integrator need to become a data entry clerk?

6 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply information security policies.

How hard is the move from database integrator to data entry clerk?

Its learning distance is 60.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.