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

locker room attendanttousher

A locker room attendant already meets 27% of what the usher role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From locker room attendant
27%
Overlap1
To usher
7 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
67.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.8/ 100

1 Share of the usher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the locker room attendant 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 usher role treats 3 of its required skills as things a locker room attendant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check tickets at venue entry
  • communicate with customers
  • maintain customer service

What stands in the way is 6 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A usher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a locker room attendant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage lost and found articles assisting and caring
  • already held check tickets at venue entry assisting and caring
  • already held manage emergency evacuation plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held fire safety regulations services
  • already held handle surveillance equipment assisting and caring
  • already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the usher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 5 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, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held distribute programmes at the venue required
  • required, not held explain features in accommodation venue required
  • required, not held provide directions to guests required
  • required, not held greet guests required
  • required, not held monitor guest access required
  • optional, not held check list of participants optional
  • optional, not held tend to guests with special needs optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held sell tickets required
  • optional, not held prepare premises optional
  • optional, not held hang advertising posters optional
  • optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
  • optional, not held respond to visitor complaints optional
  • optional, not held sell snacks optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
03 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise entertainment activities for guests optional
  • optional, not held disseminate messages to people optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held clean up after an event optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held replace defective devices optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a usher 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check tickets at venue entry skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held fire safety regulations knowledge
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held manage emergency evacuation plans skill
  • already held manage lost and found articles skill
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held check list of participants optional
  • optional, not held clean up after an event optional
  • optional, not held prepare premises optional
  • optional, not held replace defective devices optional
  • optional, not held hang advertising posters optional
  • optional, not held supervise entertainment activities for guests optional
  • optional, not held tend to guests with special needs optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held disseminate messages to people optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
  • optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
  • optional, not held respond to visitor complaints optional
  • optional, not held sell snacks optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
14 held skills the usher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role allocate locker space skill
  • not needed by the target role clean building floors skill
  • not needed by the target role clean toilet facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect items for laundry service skill
  • not needed by the target role follow organisational guidelines in the cleaning industry skill
  • not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
  • not needed by the target role handle linen in stock skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain cleaning equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
  • not needed by the target role provide athletic equipment to clients skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on facility's services skill
  • not needed by the target role restock toilet facilities' supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role restock towels skill
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.