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

boatswaintofisheries assistant engineer

A boatswain already meets 69% of what the fisheries assistant engineer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From boatswain
69%
Overlap1
To fisheries assistant engineer
15 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
31.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

31.6/ 100

1 Share of the fisheries assistant engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the boatswain 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 fisheries assistant engineer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a boatswain already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
  • extinguish fires
  • fisheries legislation
  • fishing vessels
  • international regulations for preventing collisions at sea
  • pollution prevention

What stands in the way is 5 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 fisheries assistant engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a boatswain background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held communicate using the global maritime distress and safety system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held risks associated with undertaking fishing operations agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held quality of fish products agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held fishing vessels agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships business, administration and law
  • already held fisheries legislation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 15 carried skills, including the 9 the fisheries assistant engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 5 missing skills fall into 3 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 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage ship emergency plans required
  • required, not held coordinate fire fighting required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate ship propulsion system required
  • required, not held operate ship rescue machinery required
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held prevent sea pollution required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fisheries assistant engineer 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 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships knowledge
  • already held extinguish fires skill
  • already held fisheries legislation knowledge
  • already held fishing vessels knowledge
  • already held international regulations for preventing collisions at sea knowledge
  • already held pollution prevention knowledge
  • already held risks associated with undertaking fishing operations knowledge
  • already held survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment skill
  • already held use maritime English skill
  • already held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System knowledge
  • already held assessment of risks and threats knowledge
  • already held communicate using the global maritime distress and safety system skill
  • already held fisheries management knowledge
  • already held quality of fish products knowledge
  • already held train employees skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
21 held skills the fisheries assistant engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply fishing maneuvres skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in ship maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate fish handling operations skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate the ship crew skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate schools of fish skill
  • not needed by the target role fishing gear knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle cargo skill
  • not needed by the target role handle fish products skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain safe navigation watches skill
  • not needed by the target role operate ship equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate vessel critical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in the organisation of emergency drills skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare aquatic inventory reports skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare fishing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role preserve fish products skill
  • not needed by the target role report to captain skill
  • not needed by the target role stand watch on vessel skill
  • not needed by the target role support vessel manoeuvres skill
  • not needed by the target role swim skill
  • not needed by the target role use fishing vessel equipment skill
Index
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.