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

dependability engineertobattery maintenance technician

A dependability engineer already meets 27% of what the battery maintenance technician role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dependability engineer
27%
Overlap1
To battery maintenance technician
4 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
62.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 62.8

This move: 62.8 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the battery maintenance technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dependability engineer 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A battery maintenance technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dependability engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held predictive maintenance engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held safety engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held identify process improvements management skills
  • already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the battery maintenance technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 7 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held maintenance operations optional
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held conduct workplace audits required
  • required, not held perform product testing required
  • required, not held use technical documentation required
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held remove defective products required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held ensure equipment maintenance required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a battery maintenance 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held identify process improvements skill
  • already held predictive maintenance knowledge
  • already held safety engineering knowledge
  • already held troubleshoot skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
  • optional, not held maintenance operations optional
21 held skills the battery maintenance technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate production costs skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage engineering project skill
  • not needed by the target role perform failure analysis of production process skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform test run skill
  • not needed by the target role quality control systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role six sigma methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
6 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 mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
  • optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
  • optional, not held maintenance operations optional
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.