clock and watchmakertowatch and clock repairer
A clock and watchmaker already meets 52% of what the watch and clock repairer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 53.1 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the watch and clock repairer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the clock and watchmaker 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A watch and clock repairer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a clock and watchmaker background worth leading with.
- already held attach clock cases handling and moving
- already held attach clock dials handling and moving
- already held attach clock hands handling and moving
- already held components of clocks engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held inspect clocks information skills
- already held maintain clocks handling and moving
All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the watch and clock repairer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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 demagnetise watches required
- required, not held maintain equipment required
- required, not held operate battery test equipment required
- required, not held replace defect components required
- required, not held provide customer information related to repairs required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- optional, not held handle jewellery and watches insurance claims optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- required, not held apply company policies required
- required, not held provide customer follow-up services required
- required, not held use repair manuals required
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held restore antique clocks optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a watch and clock repairer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 demagnetise watches skill · occupation specific
- 02 provide customer information related to repairs skill · sector specific
- 03 apply company policies 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held attach clock cases skill
- already held attach clock dials skill
- already held attach clock hands skill
- already held change watch battery skill
- already held components of clocks knowledge
- already held electric clocks knowledge
- already held inspect clocks skill
- already held maintain clocks skill
- already held mechanical clocks knowledge
- already held mount clock wheelwork skill
- already held repair clocks skill
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held use watchmaker's tools skill
- already held advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
- already held apply precision metalworking techniques skill
- already held attach clockwork skill
- already held attach pendulums skill
- already held sell clocks skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held restore antique clocks optional
- optional, not held handle jewellery and watches insurance claims optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
36 held skills the watch and clock repairer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on clocks skill
- not needed by the target role apply restoration techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role attach power cords to electric module skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of precious metals knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role design clocks skill
- not needed by the target role develop product design skill
- not needed by the target role develop production line skill
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role engrave patterns skill
- not needed by the target role estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role estimate value of clocks skill
- not needed by the target role estimate value of used jewellery and watches skill
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role maintain jewels and watches skill
- not needed by the target role micromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor machine operations skill
- not needed by the target role operate engraving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate metal polishing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate precision machinery skill
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform product testing skill
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role precision mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role repair electronic components skill
- not needed by the target role time-display methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role timing devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of watches knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role use specialised tools in electric repairs skill
- not needed by the target role watches and jewellery products knowledge
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
Other moves recorded from clock and watchmaker
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.