Doorman/doorwoman to night auditor
A doorman/doorwoman already meets 37% of what the night auditor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.6/ 100
1 How much of what a night auditor is expected to do is already part of a doorman/doorwoman’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 night auditor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A night auditor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a doorman/doorwoman already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- greet guests
- handle customer complaints
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 7 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A night auditor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a doorman/doorwoman background worth leading with.
- already held run errands on behalf of customers assisting and caring
- already held ensure hotel security information skills
- already held detect drug abuse assisting and caring
- already held provide tourism related information assisting and caring
- already held assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held greet guests assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the night auditor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 4 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 assist at check-in required
- still to learn deal with departures in accommodation required
- still to learn deal with arrivals in accommodation required
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held monitor guest access optional
- still to learn carry out end of day accounts required
- still to learn maintain customer records required
- still to learn process reservations required
- optional, not held assess cleanliness of areas optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- still to learn process payments required
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held take room service orders optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a night auditor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist at check-in practise this
- 02 deal with departures in accommodation practise this
- 03 carry out end of day accounts 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held greet guests skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held detect drug abuse skill
- already held ensure hotel security skill
- already held provide tourism related information skill
- already held run errands on behalf of customers skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held take room service orders optional
- optional, not held assess cleanliness of areas optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- optional, not held monitor guest access optional
5 held skills the night auditor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
- not needed by the target role handle guest luggage skill
- not needed by the target role park guest's vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role provide door security skill
- not needed by the target role screen clients skill
Common questions about this move
Can a doorman/doorwoman become a night auditor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A doorman/doorwoman already covers 37% of what a night auditor is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the night auditor role treats as required.
What skills does a doorman/doorwoman need to become a night auditor?
7 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is assist at check-in.
How hard is the move from doorman/doorwoman to night auditor?
Its learning distance is 57.6 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.