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

rental service representative in video tapes and diskstovehicle rental agent

A rental service representative in video tapes and disks already meets 42% of what the vehicle rental agent role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From rental service representative in video tapes and disks
42%
Overlap1
To vehicle rental agent
13 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
64.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.5/ 100

1 Share of the vehicle rental agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rental service representative in video tapes and disks 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 vehicle rental agent role treats 12 of its required skills as things a rental service representative in video tapes and disks already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • achieve sales targets
  • apply numeracy skills
  • communicate with customers
  • handle rental overdues
  • have computer literacy
  • identify customer's needs

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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vehicle rental agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rental service representative in video tapes and disks background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work independently in rental services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held handle rental overdues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide customers with price information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held review completed contracts information skills
  • already held record customers' personal data information skills
  • already held achieve sales targets communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 12 the vehicle rental agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 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 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held arrange pick‐up required
  • required, not held arrange rental car drop-off required
  • required, not held complete transaction procedures for returned vehicles required
  • optional, not held operate cash register optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held audit closed vehicle rental contracts required
  • required, not held check vehicle damage required
  • required, not held process reservations required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • optional, not held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds optional
  • optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
  • optional, not held utilise cross-selling optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held show diplomacy optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held upsell products optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held contract law required
  • optional, not held credit card payments optional
  • optional, not held leasing characteristics optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct customer identification required
  • optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
06 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held car controls required
  • optional, not held carsharing optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a vehicle rental agent 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held achieve sales targets skill
  • already held apply numeracy skills skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held handle rental overdues skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
  • already held process data skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held provide customers with price information skill
  • already held record customers' personal data skill
  • already held review completed contracts skill
  • already held work independently in rental services skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held types of vehicles required
08 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain vehicle service optional
09 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use customer relationship management software optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held carsharing optional
  • optional, not held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds optional
  • optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
  • optional, not held operate cash register optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held utilise cross-selling optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held credit card payments optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held leasing characteristics optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held maintain vehicle service optional
  • optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
  • optional, not held show diplomacy optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held upsell products optional
  • optional, not held use customer relationship management software optional
9 held skills the vehicle rental agent role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of rented items skill
  • not needed by the target role manage claims process skill
  • not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
6 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 car controls required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held types of vehicles required
  • optional, not held carsharing optional
  • optional, not held credit card payments optional
  • optional, not held leasing characteristics optional
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.