ski instructortoswimming teacher
A ski instructor already meets 53% of what the swimming teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
53%
45.8/ 100
1 Share of the swimming teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ski instructor 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 this move works
A swimming teacher role treats 7 of its required skills as things a ski instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt teaching to target group
- apply risk management in sports
- execute sports training programme
- instruct in sport
- personalise sports programme
- plan sports instruction programme
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A swimming teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ski instructor background worth leading with.
- already held execute sports training programme communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop sports programmes management skills
- already held follow trends in sporting equipment information skills
- already held personalise sports programme management skills
- already held plan sports instruction programme management skills
- already held work with different target groups communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the swimming teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 3 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.
- required, not held give swimming lessons required
- required, not held swim required
- required, not held demonstrate when teaching required
- optional, not held apply latest sport science findings optional
- optional, not held attend sports training optional
- optional, not held coach during a sports competition optional
- optional, not held exercise sports optional
- required, not held swimming styles required
- required, not held swimming pool safety guidelines required
- optional, not held sports nutrition optional
- optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a swimming teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 swimming styles knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 give swimming lessons skill · sector specific
- 03 swim skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to target group skill
- already held apply risk management in sports skill
- already held execute sports training programme skill
- already held instruct in sport skill
- already held personalise sports programme skill
- already held plan sports instruction programme skill
- already held work with different target groups skill
- already held develop sports programmes skill
- already held follow trends in sporting equipment skill
- already held motivate in sports skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply latest sport science findings optional
- optional, not held attend sports training optional
- optional, not held coach during a sports competition optional
- optional, not held exercise sports optional
- optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
- optional, not held sports nutrition optional
11 held skills the swimming teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role develop personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role features of sporting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role market trends in sporting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise training skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role ski knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held swimming styles required
- required, not held swimming pool safety guidelines required
- optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
- optional, not held sports nutrition optional
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.