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

trade development officertocompetition 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.

From trade development officer
66%
Overlap1
To competition policy officer
19 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
35.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

35.7/ 100

1 Share of the competition policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the trade development officer 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 competition policy officer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a trade development officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 business, administration and law 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held state aid regulations required
  • required, not held business processes required
  • required, not held consumer law required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held present reports optional
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop competition policies required
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
05 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held state aid regulations required
  • required, not held business processes required
  • required, not held 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
Index

Other moves recorded from trade development officer

Full index of moves from trade development officer

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.