Occupation Atlassocial security officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4d750b7f-f40d-447c-ba90-f5fb0ee9ef27
social security officer
Social security officers advise clients on social security benefits and ensure they claim the benefits they are eligible for, as well as providing advice on promotions and other available support services such as employment benefits. They aid clients in applications for benefits such as sickness, maternity, pensions, invalidity, unemployment and family benefits. They investigate the client's right to benefits by reviewing their case and researching legislation and the claim, and suggest an appropriate course of action. Social security advisers also determine the aspects of a specific benefit.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CSEConventional · Social · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.32
- S Social4.46
- E Enterprising3.92
- I Investigative2.45
- R Realistic1.00
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (43-4061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- administer appointments
- advise on social security benefits
- apply technical communication skills
- check official documents
- conduct research interview
- ensure information transparency
- government social security programmes
- investigate social security applications
- protect client interests
- provide necessary documents
- respond to enquiries
- social security law
Optional (14)
- comply with legal regulations
- create solutions to problems
- employment law
- establish collaborative relations
- handle financial transactions
- identify clients' needs
- legal research
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- manage administrative systems
- observe confidentiality
- provide legal advice
- public housing legislation
- show intercultural awareness
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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