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

chemical testertobriquetting machine operator

A chemical tester already meets 23% of what the briquetting machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chemical tester
23%
Overlap1
To briquetting machine operator
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
65.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.3/ 100

1 Share of the briquetting machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chemical tester 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 briquetting machine operator role treats 1 of its required skills as things a chemical tester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A briquetting machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chemical tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work in metal manufacture teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor manufacturing quality standards information skills
  • already held physics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation assisting and caring
  • already held quality standards business, administration and law

All 6 carried skills, including the 1 the briquetting machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 required
  • required, not held guide cranes required
  • required, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls required
  • required, not held operate metal fabricating machines required
  • required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • required, not held resolve equipment malfunctions required
  • optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
  • required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply various lifting techniques optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maximise efficiency of crane operations optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a briquetting machine operator 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 ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
  • already held physics knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held work in metal manufacture teams skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply various lifting techniques optional
  • optional, not held maximise efficiency of crane operations optional
  • optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
17 held skills the briquetting machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess suitability of metal types for specific application skill
  • not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemical technologies in metal manufacture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct chemical testing on basic metals skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct laboratory chemical research on metals skill
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role handle chemicals skill
  • not needed by the target role organize chemical reagents skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
  • not needed by the target role report well results skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals 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.