Table 1Transition record

asphalt laboratory techniciantoroad maintenance worker

A asphalt laboratory technician already meets 23% of what the road maintenance worker role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From asphalt laboratory technician

23%

Overlap1

To road maintenance worker

5 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

73.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.9/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the road maintenance worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the asphalt laboratory technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A road maintenance worker role treats 5 of its required skills as things a asphalt laboratory technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

asphalt mixes
follow health and safety procedures in construction
inspect asphalt
inspect construction supplies
use safety equipment in construction

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road maintenance worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a asphalt laboratory technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held asphalt mixes engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held inspect asphalt information skills
already held inspect construction supplies information skills
already held use safety equipment in construction assisting and caring
already held follow health and safety procedures in construction assisting and caring

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the road maintenance worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 handling and moving 3 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held remove road surface required
required, not held transport construction supplies required
required, not held work safely with hot materials required

optional, not held clear accident site optional
optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
optional, not held carry out de-icing activities optional
optional, not held maintain landscape site optional

02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment required
required, not held perform traffic sign maintenance required

optional, not held operate pavement surface friction measuring devices optional
optional, not held maintain equipment optional
optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional

03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required

required, not held mechanical tools required
required, not held types of asphalt coverings required

04 constructing 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held pave asphalt layers required

optional, not held lay base courses optional
optional, not held lay concrete slabs optional
optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
optional, not held paint with a paint gun optional

05 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held inspect road signs required

optional, not held inspect drainage channels optional
optional, not held keep personal administration optional
optional, not held keep records of work progress optional

06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held work ergonomically required

optional, not held provide first aid optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road maintenance worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held asphalt mixes knowledge
already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
already held inspect asphalt skill
already held inspect construction supplies skill
already held use safety equipment in construction skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary

optional, not held work in a construction team optional

08 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held place temporary road signage optional

09 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held road signage standards optional

18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held clear accident site optional
optional, not held inspect drainage channels optional
optional, not held lay base courses optional
optional, not held lay concrete slabs optional
optional, not held operate pavement surface friction measuring devices optional
optional, not held place temporary road signage optional
optional, not held road signage standards optional
optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
optional, not held work in a construction team optional
optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
optional, not held carry out de-icing activities optional
optional, not held keep personal administration optional
optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
optional, not held maintain equipment optional
optional, not held maintain landscape site optional
optional, not held paint with a paint gun optional
optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
optional, not held provide first aid optional

12 held skills the road maintenance worker role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct soil sample tests skill
not needed by the target role construction industry knowledge
not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
not needed by the target role run laboratory simulations skill
not needed by the target role set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
not needed by the target role supervise laboratory operations skill
not needed by the target role supervise site maintenance skill
not needed by the target role test concrete skill
not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill

3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held mechanical tools required
required, not held types of asphalt coverings required
optional, not held road signage standards optional

Index

Other moves recorded from asphalt laboratory technician

Full index of moves from asphalt laboratory technician

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.