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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/compare-adjacent-roles-by-overlap-before-starting-from-zero",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0642",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Compare adjacent roles by overlap before starting from zero",
  "summary": "Career transitions often contain a larger reused core than the title suggests.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Take your task-and-skill map and compare it with a structured description of an adjacent role. Mark direct overlap, context translation, genuine gaps and regulated or credentialed requirements. Build the transition plan from the smallest meaningful gaps rather than assuming a complete restart.",
  "limits": [
    "Occupation databases and job descriptions simplify real roles; validate the map with current practitioners or employers where possible."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-career-portability-and-transition-readiness"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-F715D9A775E8739D",
    "RS-03662EE4D5160BB4"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The current O*NET database separates occupations into tasks, work activities, essential skills, transferable skills, knowledge and technology skills, enabling comparison below the job-title level.",
      "source_id": "RS-F715D9A775E8739D",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "O*NET is U.S.-focused and its taxonomy should be treated as a structured comparison aid rather than a universal occupation model.",
      "locator": "Database content areas"
    },
    {
      "claim": "O*NET publishes transferable-skill and work-activity competency frameworks that can help identify capability overlap across occupations.",
      "source_id": "RS-03662EE4D5160BB4",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Framework overlap does not prove a person can perform a target role without context-specific knowledge and practice.",
      "locator": "Transferable Skills and Work Activities Competency Frameworks"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A desired role looks like a different profession because its title is different."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Occupation databases and job descriptions simplify real roles; validate the map with current practitioners or employers where possible."
  ],
  "example": "A business analyst considering product operations finds overlap in requirements, process analysis and stakeholder work, with a smaller gap in experimentation and metrics.",
  "check": "The transition map distinguishes reused capability from skills that actually need learning or proof.",
  "steps": [
    "The transition map distinguishes reused capability from skills that actually need learning or proof."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-F715D9A775E8739D",
      "title": "O*NET 31.0 Database",
      "url": "https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-03662EE4D5160BB4",
      "title": "O*NET Competency Frameworks",
      "url": "https://www.onetcenter.org/competencyFrameworks.html"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0642",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0644",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/choose-the-smallest-bridge-skill-that-unlocks-an-adjacent-role"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-72B4F1DC8779A7DE",
      "title": "Make your skills portable before you need to move",
      "url": "/collections/make-your-skills-portable-before-you-need-to-move"
    }
  ]
}