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A battery manufacturing technician already meets 17% of what the automotive battery technician role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
82.4/ 100
1 Share of the automotive battery technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the battery manufacturing 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 automotive battery technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a battery manufacturing technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assemble batteries
- battery chemistry
- battery components
- battery formation
- use technical documentation
What stands in the way is 19 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A automotive battery technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a battery manufacturing technician background worth leading with.
- already held assemble batteries handling and moving
- already held battery formation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held battery chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held battery components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use technical documentation information skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the automotive battery technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 33 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 repair vehicle's electrical equipment required
- required, not held install automotive electrical equipment required
- required, not held install car electronics required
- required, not held install transport equipment batteries required
- required, not held repair vehicle electrical systems required
- required, not held maintain electrical engines required
- required, not held maintain electrical equipment required
- required, not held operate battery test equipment required
- required, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held repair battery components optional
- required, not held battery design required
- required, not held battery management systems required
- required, not held hybrid vehicle architecture required
- required, not held battery fluids required
- required, not held energy storage systems required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- required, not held apply health and safety standards required
- required, not held wear appropriate protective gear required
- optional, not held describe electric drive system optional
- required, not held dispose of hazardous waste required
- optional, not held dispose of chemicals optional
- optional, not held assemble automotive batteries optional
- required, not held read standard blueprints required
- optional, not held inspect for faults in the vehicle's electric system optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- required, not held chemical products required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a automotive battery technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 repair vehicle's electrical equipment skill · occupation specific
- 02 battery design knowledge · sector specific
- 03 battery management systems knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held assemble batteries skill
- already held battery chemistry knowledge
- already held battery components knowledge
- already held battery formation knowledge
- already held use technical documentation skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held apply soldering techniques optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held test electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held set up automotive robot optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held inspect for faults in the vehicle's electric system optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held describe electric drive system optional
- optional, not held dispose of chemicals optional
- optional, not held apply soldering techniques optional
- optional, not held assemble automotive batteries optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held repair battery components optional
- optional, not held set up automotive robot optional
- optional, not held test electrical equipment optional
17 held skills the automotive battery technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role battery testers knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
- not needed by the target role maintenance operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role materials engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate automated process control skill
- not needed by the target role operate material handling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform product testing skill
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role remove defective products skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
8 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 battery design required
- required, not held battery management systems required
- required, not held chemical products required
- required, not held hybrid vehicle architecture required
- required, not held battery fluids required
- required, not held energy storage systems required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
Other moves recorded from battery manufacturing technician
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.