automotive brake techniciantomotor vehicle body assembler
A automotive brake technician already meets 30% of what the motor vehicle body assembler role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
67.8/ 100
1 Share of the motor vehicle body assembler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the automotive brake 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 this move works
A motor vehicle body assembler role treats 7 of its required skills as things a automotive brake technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply health and safety standards
- mechanics
- mechanics of motor vehicles
- read standard blueprints
- troubleshoot
- use technical documentation
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A motor vehicle body assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a automotive brake technician background worth leading with.
- already held mechanics of motor vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use technical documentation information skills
- already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
- already held read standard blueprints information skills
- already held wear appropriate protective gear assisting and caring
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the motor vehicle body assembler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- required, not held assemble metal parts required
- required, not held align components required
- required, not held fasten components required
- required, not held mark processed workpiece required
- optional, not held install windshields optional
- optional, not held apply flux optional
- optional, not held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces optional
- optional, not held cut metal products optional
- optional, not held manipulate metal optional
- optional, not held prepare pieces for joining optional
- optional, not held use power tools optional
- required, not held inspect quality of products required
- required, not held read engineering drawings required
- required, not held quality standards required
- required, not held work in assembly line teams required
- optional, not held set up automotive robot optional
- optional, not held tend CNC drilling machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC grinding machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC laser cutting machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC metal punch press optional
- optional, not held tend CNC milling machine optional
- optional, not held tend computer numerical control lathe machine optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
- optional, not held operate drill press optional
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a motor vehicle body assembler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble metal parts skill · sector specific
- 02 align components skill · cross sector
- 03 fasten components skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held apply arc welding techniques optional
- optional, not held apply spot welding techniques optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held rivet types optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held install windshields optional
- optional, not held apply arc welding techniques optional
- optional, not held apply flux optional
- optional, not held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces optional
- optional, not held apply spot welding techniques optional
- optional, not held cut metal products optional
- optional, not held manipulate metal optional
- optional, not held operate drill press optional
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held prepare pieces for joining optional
- optional, not held rivet types optional
- optional, not held set up automotive robot optional
- optional, not held tend CNC drilling machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC grinding machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC laser cutting machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC metal punch press optional
- optional, not held tend CNC milling machine optional
- optional, not held tend computer numerical control lathe machine optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
- optional, not held use power tools optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
14 held skills the motor vehicle body assembler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on motor vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role automotive diagnostic equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role inspect repaired tyres skill
- not needed by the target role inspect worn tyres skill
- not needed by the target role maintain braking system skill
- not needed by the target role maintain motor vehicle steering system skill
- not needed by the target role maintain motorcycle records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain suspension system skill
- not needed by the target role prepare tyres for vulcanization skill
- not needed by the target role rebuff tyre skill
- not needed by the target role replace tyres skill
- not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle electrical systems knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held quality standards required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held rivet types optional
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.