Tobacco specialised seller to building materials specialised seller
A tobacco specialised seller already meets 79% of what the building materials specialised seller role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
29.8/ 100
1 How much of what a building materials specialised seller is expected to do is already part of a tobacco specialised seller’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 building materials specialised seller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A building materials specialised seller role treats 27 of its required skills as things a tobacco specialised seller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply numeracy skills
- carry out active selling
- carry out order intake
- carry out products preparation
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
What stands in the way is 7 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A building materials specialised seller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tobacco specialised seller background worth leading with.
- already held plan aftersales arrangements management skills
- already held carry out order intake communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out products preparation handling and moving
- already held provide customer guidance on product selection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise storage facilities management skills
- already held prevent shoplifting assisting and caring
All 27 carried skills, including the 27 the building materials specialised seller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- still to learn advise customers on building materials required
- still to learn sell building materials required
- still to learn handle building materials required
- still to learn identify construction materials from blueprints required
- still to learn construction equipment related to building materials required
- optional, not held construction industry optional
- still to learn estimate cost of building materials required
- still to learn provide customised building materials required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a building materials specialised seller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise customers on building materials practise this
- 02 estimate cost of building materials practise this
- 03 handle building materials practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held apply numeracy skills skill
- already held carry out active selling skill
- already held carry out order intake skill
- already held carry out products preparation skill
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held demonstrate products' features skill
- already held e-commerce systems knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- already held examine merchandise skill
- already held guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held maintain store cleanliness skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held operate cash register skill
- already held organise product display skill
- already held organise storage facilities skill
- already held plan aftersales arrangements skill
- already held prevent shoplifting skill
- already held process refunds skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held provide customer guidance on product selection skill
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held stock shelves skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held construction industry optional
8 held skills the building materials specialised seller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on electronic cigarettes skill
- not needed by the target role assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves skill
- not needed by the target role compute average weight of cigarettes skill
- not needed by the target role determine shreds sizes percentage in cigarettes skill
- not needed by the target role enforce regulations of selling tobacco to minors skill
- not needed by the target role handle sensitive products skill
- not needed by the target role provide information to customers on tobacco products skill
- not needed by the target role tobacco brands knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn construction equipment related to building materials required
- optional, not held construction industry optional
Other moves recorded from tobacco specialised seller
Common questions about this move
Can a tobacco specialised seller become a building materials specialised seller?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A tobacco specialised seller already covers 79% of what a building materials specialised seller is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 27 of which the building materials specialised seller role treats as required.
What skills does a tobacco specialised seller need to become a building materials specialised seller?
7 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise customers on building materials.
How hard is the move from tobacco specialised seller to building materials specialised seller?
Its learning distance is 29.8 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.