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

document management officertoarchivist

A document management officer already meets 32% of what the archivist role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From document management officer
32%
Overlap1
To archivist
8 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
68.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 68.1

This move: 68.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the archivist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the document management 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A archivist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a document management officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held appraise historical documents information skills
  • already held facilitate access to information information skills
  • already held develop classification systems information skills
  • already held respect data protection principles assisting and caring
  • already held use software for data preservation working with computers
  • already held digitization social sciences, journalism and information

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the archivist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create semantic trees required
  • required, not held perform records management required
  • required, not held study a collection required
  • optional, not held manage information access aids optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held contextualise records collection required
  • required, not held write scientific publications required
03 management skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage archive users guidelines required
  • optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage human resources optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held aid archive users with their enquiries required
  • optional, not held perform customer management optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collection management required
  • optional, not held digital curation optional
06 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held conservation techniques required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a archivist 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held appraise historical documents skill
  • already held digitization knowledge
  • already held facilitate access to information skill
  • already held manage digital archives skill
  • already held respect data protection principles skill
  • already held develop classification systems skill
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held use software for data preservation skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held store archival documents required
08 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held digital curation optional
  • optional, not held manage information access aids optional
  • optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held manage human resources optional
  • optional, not held perform customer management optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
52 held skills the archivist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
  • not needed by the target role access to documents regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assess reliability of data skill
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document sharing procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role documentation types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft tender documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate tender skill
  • not needed by the target role file documents skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information categorisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain computer hardware skill
  • not needed by the target role manage archive skill
  • not needed by the target role manage content metadata skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
  • not needed by the target role operate relational database management system skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational structure knowledge

12 further entries not listed here

3 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 collection management required
  • required, not held conservation techniques required
  • optional, not held digital curation 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.