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

race track operatortogames development manager

A race track operator already meets 19% of what the games development manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From race track operator
19%
Overlap1
To games development manager
4 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
73.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.7/ 100

1 Share of the games development manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the race track operator 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 games development manager role treats 2 of its required skills as things a race track operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • follow ethical code of conduct of gambling
  • train employees

What stands in the way is 11 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 games development manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a race track operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held games rules business, administration and law
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 2 the games development manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 management skills 7 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage gambling hospitality required
  • required, not held manage gaming cash desk required
  • required, not held manage gaming facilities required
  • required, not held manage gambling finances required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with policies required
  • required, not held lead a team required
  • required, not held monitor customer service required
  • optional, not held apply change management optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage gambling game required
  • required, not held align efforts towards business development required
  • optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure gambling operational standards required
04 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held responsible gambling required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a games development 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling skill
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held games rules knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
  • optional, not held apply change management optional
16 held skills the games development manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse tote reports skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate tote price skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role configuration of the tote room hardware knowledge
  • not needed by the target role horse racing regulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate tote board skill
  • not needed by the target role parimutuel betting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role remove cheating players skill
  • not needed by the target role set up tote board skill
  • not needed by the target role sports competition information knowledge
1 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 responsible gambling required
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.