Trade development officer to competition policy officer
A trade development officer already meets 66% of what the competition policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
35.7/ 100
1 How much of what a competition policy officer is expected to do is already part of a trade development officer’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 competition policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A competition policy officer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a trade development officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- business strategy concepts
- competition law
- government policy implementation
- investigate competition restrictions
- liaise with local authorities
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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A competition policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a trade development officer background worth leading with.
- already held investigate competition restrictions information skills
- already held promote free trade communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held competition law business, administration and law
- already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
- already held business strategy concepts business, administration and law
- already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the competition policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 state aid regulations required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn consumer law required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held present reports optional
- still to learn develop competition policies required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a competition policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop competition policies practise this
- 02 state aid regulations study this
- 03 business processes study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held competition law knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held investigate competition restrictions skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held market analysis knowledge
- already held promote free trade skill
- already held advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held carry out strategic research skill
- already held corporate law knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held inspect government policy compliance skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
12 held skills the competition policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role build international relations skill
- not needed by the target role develop international cooperation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop trade policies skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
- not needed by the target role host trade delegations skill
- not needed by the target role international business knowledge
- not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
6 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 state aid regulations required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn consumer law required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Other moves recorded from trade development officer
Common questions about this move
Can a trade development officer become a competition policy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A trade development officer already covers 66% of what a competition policy officer is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 11 of which the competition policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a trade development officer need to become a competition policy officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is develop competition policies.
How hard is the move from trade development officer to competition policy officer?
Its learning distance is 35.7 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.