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

licensing officertoimmigration officer

A licensing officer already meets 25% of what the immigration officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From licensing officer
25%
Overlap1
To immigration officer
5 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
64.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.2/ 100

1 Share of the immigration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the licensing 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.

Why

Why this move works

A immigration officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a licensing officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check official documents
  • conduct research interview
  • respond to enquiries

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A immigration officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a licensing officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held check official documents assisting and caring
  • already held conduct research interview communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held undertake inspections information skills
  • already held respond to enquiries assisting and caring
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the immigration officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 4 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 assisting and caring 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held apply immigration law required
  • required, not held check travel documentation required
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
  • required, not held identify security threats required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held provide immigration advice required
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held immigration law required
04 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a immigration officer 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
19 held skills the immigration officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on licencing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role assess breaches of licence agreements skill
  • not needed by the target role assess licence applications skill
  • not needed by the target role collect licence fees skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role correspond with licence applicants skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role grant concessions skill
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue licences skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role licences regulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage import export licenses skill
  • not needed by the target role manage licensing fees skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor compliance with licensing agreements skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare licence agreements skill
  • not needed by the target role public service concession knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
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 immigration law required
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from licensing officer

Full index of moves from licensing officer

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.