Front of house manager to night auditor
A front of house manager already meets 17% of what the night auditor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.9/ 100
1 How much of what a night auditor is expected to do is already part of a front of house manager’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 2 of its required skills as things a front of house manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- carry out end of day accounts
- handle customer complaints
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 4 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 front of house manager background worth leading with.
- already held assess cleanliness of areas information skills
- already held monitor guest access assisting and caring
- already held carry out end of day accounts information skills
- already held handle customer complaints communication, collaboration and creativity
All 4 carried skills, including the 2 the night auditor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 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 comply with food safety and hygiene required
- still to learn deal with arrivals in accommodation required
- still to learn greet guests required
- optional, not held provide tourism related information optional
- optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
- still to learn maintain customer records required
- still to learn process reservations required
- optional, not held ensure hotel security optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- still to learn maintain customer service 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 assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- still to learn process payments required
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 comply with food safety and hygiene 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held carry out end of day accounts skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held assess cleanliness of areas skill
- already held monitor guest access skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure hotel security optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held provide tourism related information optional
- optional, not held take room service orders optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held detect drug abuse 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 run errands on behalf of customers optional
13 held skills the night auditor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor check-out point skill
- not needed by the target role monitor ticketing skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate health and safety issues with third parties skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role react to emergency situations in a live performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise event staff skill
Other moves recorded from front of house manager
Common questions about this move
Can a front of house manager become a night auditor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A front of house manager already covers 17% of what a night auditor is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 2 of which the night auditor role treats as required.
What skills does a front of house manager need to become a night auditor?
9 required skills are missing, plus 11 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 front of house manager to night auditor?
Its learning distance is 72.9 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.