What Competencies does a Careers Guidance Practitioner need?

It is uncontroversial to say that a Careers Adviser needs 'Counselling skills' such as the ability to:

•  use appropriate questioning techniques
• establish rapport
• actively listen
• reflect back
• negotiate
• challenge
• make links
• paraphrase
• summarise
• use immediacy
• draw thread
• challenge (or encourage clients to self-challenge)

But in themselves these counselling skills, though important are no guarantee of an effective practitioner.  These skills need to be used within a structure - or flexible framework, to ensure interactions are purposeful and lead to 'positive outcomes' for the client.  They also need to be informed with relevant knowledge of e.g. the labour market and of e.g. career theory so that interactions are not taking place in a contextual vacuum, or without regard to issues around multicultural sensitivity and diversity. 

So, if the challenge is to identify say '10 competencies' for guidance practitioners - what might we suggest should be included and why?  It would be great to use this discussion forum to exchange views and ideas.  This is not about anyone being 'right' or 'wrong' but about using the interactive potential of this forum to explore possible and differing perspectives.