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

bicycle mechanictosports equipment repair technician

A bicycle mechanic already meets 37% of what the sports equipment repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bicycle mechanic
37%
Overlap1
To sports equipment repair technician
15 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
64.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.7/ 100

1 Share of the sports equipment repair technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bicycle mechanic 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 sports equipment repair technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a bicycle mechanic already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create solutions to problems
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain equipment
  • maintain records of maintenance interventions
  • replace defect components
  • use repair manuals

What stands in the way is 12 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sports equipment repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bicycle mechanic background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use repair manuals information skills
  • already held keep stock records information skills
  • already held maintain records of maintenance interventions information skills
  • already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
  • already held assist customers assisting and caring

All 15 carried skills, including the 6 the sports equipment repair technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held identify customer's needs required
  • required, not held advise on equipment maintenance required
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
  • optional, not held advise on sporting equipment optional
  • optional, not held issue sport equipment optional
  • optional, not held liaise with suppliers of sporting equipment optional
  • optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
02 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held make bowstrings required
  • required, not held use power tools required
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
  • optional, not held use wire hand tools optional
03 services 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held features of sporting equipment required
  • required, not held sporting equipment usage required
  • optional, not held water skiing optional
  • optional, not held skateboard optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held follow trends in sporting equipment required
  • optional, not held monitor sports equipment optional
  • optional, not held keep records of customer interaction optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held provide customer follow-up services required
06 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held perform test run required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sports equipment repair 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
  • already held replace defect components skill
  • already held use repair manuals skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held assist customers skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held keep stock records skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held arrange equipment repairs required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held water skiing optional
  • optional, not held advise on sporting equipment optional
  • optional, not held issue sport equipment optional
  • optional, not held liaise with suppliers of sporting equipment optional
  • optional, not held monitor sports equipment optional
  • optional, not held skateboard optional
  • optional, not held keep records of customer interaction optional
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
  • optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
  • optional, not held use wire hand tools optional
17 held skills the sports equipment repair technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble bicycles skill
  • not needed by the target role bicycle mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role electric bicycles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electric drives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain braking system skill
  • not needed by the target role perform repairs on bicycles skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role repair electric bicycles skill
  • not needed by the target role sell bicycles skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role tune bicycles skill
  • not needed by the target role wash bicycles 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 features of sporting equipment required
  • required, not held sporting equipment usage required
  • optional, not held water skiing optional
  • optional, not held skateboard optional
Index

Other moves recorded from bicycle mechanic

Full index of moves from bicycle mechanic

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.