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

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.

From ski instructor
53%
Overlap1
To swimming teacher
10 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
45.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

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

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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • 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
02 services 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held swimming styles required
  • required, not held swimming pool safety guidelines required
  • optional, not held sports nutrition optional
03 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
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.