Occupation Atlasloan officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8e185c49-704e-49c0-8584-a7e0b618f628
loan officer
Loan officers assess and authorise the approval of loan applications for individuals and businesses. They ensure complete transactions between loan organisations, borrowers, and sellers. Loan officers are specialists in consumer, mortgage, or commercial lending.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CESConventional · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.08
- E Enterprising4.98
- S Social3.65
- I Investigative2.32
- R Realistic1.43
- 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 Loan Officers (13-2072.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
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.
- actuarial science
- analyse business plans
- analyse financial risk
- analyse loans
- banking activities
- consult credit score
- core banking software
- credit control processes
- decide on loan applications
- examine credit ratings
- inform on interest rates
- interpret financial statements
- interview bank loanees
- maintain credit history of clients
- monitor loan portfolio
- obtain financial information
Optional (23)
- advise on financial matters
- advise on risk management
- apply credit risk policy
- assess customer credibility
- assist in loan applications
- business loans
- check accounting records
- collect property financial information
- communicate with banking professionals
- customer service
- debt classification
- debt systems
- examine mortgage loan documents
- foreclosure
- maintain client debt records
- manage loan applications
- mortgage loans
- property law
- protect client interests
- provide support in financial calculation
- securities
- synthesise financial information
- tax legislation
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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