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

assayertochemical manufacturing quality technician

A assayer already meets 22% of what the chemical manufacturing quality technician role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From assayer
22%
Overlap1
To chemical manufacturing quality technician
6 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
76.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.4/ 100

1 Share of the chemical manufacturing quality technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assayer 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 chemical manufacturing quality technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a assayer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • good laboratory practice
  • laboratory techniques
  • perform laboratory tests
  • prepare chemical samples
  • record test data
  • use chemical analysis equipment

What stands in the way is 13 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chemical manufacturing quality technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a assayer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held good laboratory practice engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held prepare chemical samples handling and moving
  • already held use chemical analysis equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held perform laboratory tests working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held record test data information skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the chemical manufacturing quality technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 12 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 information skills 4 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held document analysis results required
  • required, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards required
  • required, not held perform product testing required
  • required, not held test chemical samples required
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held manage chemical processes inspection optional
  • optional, not held manage manufacturing documentation optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
  • optional, not held revise quality control systems documentation optional
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
  • optional, not held validate raw materials optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work safely with chemicals required
  • required, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures required
  • required, not held oversee quality control required
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held use non-destructive testing equipment required
  • required, not held calibrate laboratory equipment required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate test results to other departments required
  • optional, not held train staff in quality procedures optional
  • optional, not held train staff in safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held order supplies optional
  • optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
  • optional, not held support implementation of quality management systems optional
  • optional, not held write inspection reports optional
05 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use ICT systems required
  • optional, not held use chromatography software optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held good manufacturing practices required

6 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chemical manufacturing quality technician 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held good laboratory practice knowledge
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held perform laboratory tests skill
  • already held prepare chemical samples skill
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held use chemical analysis equipment skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held controlled substances permits required
08 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop procedures in case of defects optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
09 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
10 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
11 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
12 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held biotechnology optional
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held train staff in quality procedures optional
  • optional, not held train staff in safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held use chromatography software optional
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held biotechnology optional
  • optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
  • optional, not held develop procedures in case of defects optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
  • optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage chemical processes inspection optional
  • optional, not held manage manufacturing documentation optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
  • optional, not held order supplies optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
  • optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
  • optional, not held revise quality control systems documentation optional
  • optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
  • optional, not held support implementation of quality management systems optional
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
  • optional, not held validate raw materials optional
  • optional, not held write inspection reports optional
21 held skills the chemical manufacturing quality technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analytical chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of precious metals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle chemicals skill
  • not needed by the target role heat jewellery metals skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role jewellery processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of jewellery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metal and metal ore products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role precious metals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report test findings skill
  • not needed by the target role separate metals from ores skill
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise laboratory operations skill
  • not needed by the target role test raw minerals 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 controlled substances permits required
  • required, not held good manufacturing practices required
  • optional, not held biotechnology optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
Index

Other moves recorded from assayer

Full index of moves from assayer

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.