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

legislative draftertosenator

A legislative drafter already meets 19% of what the senator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From legislative drafter
19%
Overlap1
To senator
4 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
73.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.3/ 100

1 Share of the senator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the legislative drafter 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

Why this move works

A senator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a legislative drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse legislation
  • constitutional law
  • legislation procedure

What stands in the way is 8 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A senator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a legislative drafter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse legislation information skills
  • already held constitutional law business, administration and law
  • already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
  • already held public law business, administration and law

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the senator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 6 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held engage in debates required
  • required, not held present legislation proposition required
  • required, not held perform political negotiation required
  • optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
02 social sciences, journalism and information 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held good governance required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • required, not held government representation required
  • optional, not held public administration optional
  • optional, not held political parties optional
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
03 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held make legislative decisions required
  • required, not held prepare legislation proposition required
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform government ceremonies optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a senator 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse legislation skill
  • already held constitutional law knowledge
  • already held legislation procedure knowledge
  • already held public law knowledge
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held perform government ceremonies optional
  • optional, not held public administration optional
  • optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
  • optional, not held political parties optional
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
16 held skills the senator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role examine legislative drafts skill
  • not needed by the target role international law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage project information skill
  • not needed by the target role procurement legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide written content skill
  • not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
  • not needed by the target role structure information skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
9 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 good governance required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • required, not held government representation required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held public administration optional
  • optional, not held political parties optional
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
Index

Other moves recorded from legislative drafter

Full index of moves from legislative drafter

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.