Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Performance production manager to gambling manager

A performance production manager already meets 32% of what the gambling manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From performance production manager
32 % overlap
Distant match
To gambling manager
11 You already bring
16 Still to learn
45 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.1/ 100

1 How much of what a gambling manager is expected to do is already part of a performance production 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 gambling manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A gambling manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a performance production manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • corporate social responsibility
  • establish daily priorities
  • follow company standards
  • liaise with local authorities
  • manage budgets
  • manage staff

What stands in the way is 16 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gambling manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance production manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held supervise daily information operations management skills
  • already held establish daily priorities management skills
  • already held manage logistics management skills
  • already held represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held set organisational policies management skills
  • already held manage supplies management skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the gambling manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn advise on betting required
  • still to learn display betting information required
  • still to learn supervise game operations required
  • still to learn maintain customer service required
  • still to learn train employees required
  • optional, not held manage online gambling optional
  • optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
  • optional, not held handle game complaints optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held place bets optional
  • optional, not held promote recreation activities optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
02 management skills 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn follow betting strategies required
  • still to learn perform project management required
  • still to learn recruit employees required
  • still to learn supervise the work of staff on different shifts required
  • optional, not held develop recreation programmes optional
  • optional, not held manage recreational facility optional
  • optional, not held schedule recreation facilities optional
  • optional, not held organise labour optional
  • optional, not held work in an organised manner optional
03 assisting and caring 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn assist customers required
  • still to learn follow ethical code of conduct of gambling required
  • still to learn identify indicators of problem gambling required
  • still to learn prevent money laundering in gambling required
  • optional, not held handle incidents optional
04 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse gambling data required
  • still to learn measure customer feedback required
  • still to learn monitor customer behaviour required
  • optional, not held monitor casino finances optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held online gambling optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held recreation activities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a gambling manager 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • already held establish daily priorities skill
  • already held follow company standards skill
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held manage supplies skill
  • already held represent the organisation skill
  • already held set organisational policies skill
  • already held supervise daily information operations skill
  • already held manage logistics skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held manage online gambling optional
  • optional, not held online gambling optional
  • optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
  • optional, not held develop recreation programmes optional
  • optional, not held handle game complaints optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held manage recreational facility optional
  • optional, not held monitor casino finances optional
  • optional, not held place bets optional
  • optional, not held promote recreation activities optional
  • optional, not held schedule recreation facilities optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held handle incidents optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held organise labour optional
  • optional, not held recreation activities optional
  • optional, not held work in an organised manner optional
29 held skills the gambling manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble an artistic team skill
  • not needed by the target role assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate pre-show checks skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate with creative departments skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create production schedules skill
  • not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role develop cultural activities skill
  • not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
  • not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate needs of artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
  • not needed by the target role manage artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role organise cultural events skill
  • not needed by the target role organise performance space skill
  • not needed by the target role organise rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role plan artistic production activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role promote cultural venue events skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
  • not needed by the target role work with cultural venue specialists skill
2 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 pick up Tier
  • optional, not held online gambling optional
  • optional, not held recreation activities optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a performance production manager become a gambling manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A performance production manager already covers 32% of what a gambling manager is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the gambling manager role treats as required.

What skills does a performance production manager need to become a gambling manager?

16 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on betting.

How hard is the move from performance production manager to gambling manager?

Its learning distance is 73.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.