Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

asphalt laboratory techniciantoroad marker

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

From asphalt laboratory technician
23%
Overlap1
To road marker
5 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
71.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.4/ 100

1 Share of the road marker 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 marker role treats 4 of its required skills as things a asphalt laboratory technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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 marker 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 inspect asphalt information skills
  • already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure constructing
  • 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 4 the road marker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 11 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 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held dispose of hazardous waste required
  • required, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste required
  • optional, not held carry out pressure washing activities optional
  • optional, not held mix paint optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held work safely with chemicals required
  • required, not held work ergonomically required
03 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect paintwork required
  • optional, not held interpret 2D plans optional
  • optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held interpret 3D plans optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held operate road marking machine required
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held drive mobile heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate motorised street sweeping machine optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held road traffic laws required
06 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held paint with a paint gun required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road marker 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 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
  • already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held place temporary road signage required
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held types of paint required
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a construction team optional
10 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
11 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held road signage standards optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held interpret 2D plans optional
  • optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held road signage standards optional
  • optional, not held work in a construction team optional
  • optional, not held carry out pressure washing activities optional
  • optional, not held drive mobile heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held interpret 3D plans optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
  • optional, not held mix paint optional
  • optional, not held operate motorised street sweeping machine optional
  • optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
12 held skills the road marker 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 asphalt mixes knowledge
  • 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 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
4 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 road traffic laws required
  • required, not held types of paint required
  • optional, not held road signage standards optional
  • optional, not held types of asphalt coverings 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.