Credit counselors need knowledge in the following areas:

• Customer and Personal Service: Providing special services to customers based on their needs.
• English Language: The meaning and use of the English language.
• Mathematics: The rules and uses of numbers.
• Clerical: General office work such as filling and storing information.
• Education and Training: The methods of teaching and learning.
• Economics and Accounting: Banking and business.
• Psychology: People, their actions, and mental processes and how to treat problems.