Tourist animator to doorman/doorwoman
A tourist animator already meets 50% of what the doorman/doorwoman role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.4/ 100
1 How much of what a doorman/doorwoman is expected to do is already part of a tourist animator’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 doorman/doorwoman role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A doorman/doorwoman role treats 4 of its required skills as things a tourist animator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist clients with special needs
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- greet guests
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 3 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A doorman/doorwoman role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tourist animator background worth leading with.
- already held provide tourism related information assisting and caring
- already held assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held greet guests assisting and caring
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
- already held handle customer complaints communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the doorman/doorwoman role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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 detect drug abuse required
- still to learn screen clients required
- optional, not held provide door security optional
- optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
- still to learn park guest's vehicle required
- optional, not held handle guest luggage optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held ensure hotel security optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a doorman/doorwoman role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 detect drug abuse practise this
- 02 park guest's vehicle practise this
- 03 screen clients 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held greet guests skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held provide tourism related information skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure hotel security optional
- optional, not held handle guest luggage optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held provide door security optional
- optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
27 held skills the doorman/doorwoman role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services skill
- not needed by the target role develop entertainment programmes skill
- not needed by the target role distribute local information materials skill
- not needed by the target role ecotourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate on sustainable tourism skill
- not needed by the target role engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role entertain guests interactively skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate events skill
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- not needed by the target role inform customers of activity changes skill
- not needed by the target role keep up to date on local events skill
- not needed by the target role manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- not needed by the target role recreation activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role support community-based tourism skill
- not needed by the target role support local tourism skill
- not needed by the target role use e-tourism platforms skill
- not needed by the target role virtual reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role water skiing knowledge
Common questions about this move
Can a tourist animator become a doorman/doorwoman?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A tourist animator already covers 50% of what a doorman/doorwoman is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the doorman/doorwoman role treats as required.
What skills does a tourist animator need to become a doorman/doorwoman?
3 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is detect drug abuse.
How hard is the move from tourist animator to doorman/doorwoman?
Its learning distance is 40.4 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.