drilling engineertogeochemist
A drilling engineer already meets 25% of what the geochemist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
25%
69.2/ 100
1 Share of the geochemist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the drilling 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.
Why this move works
A geochemist role treats 4 of its required skills as things a drilling engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- geology
- prepare scientific reports
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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A geochemist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a drilling engineer background worth leading with.
- already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held supervise staff management skills
- already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation assisting and caring
- already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the geochemist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held examine geochemical samples required
- required, not held conduct environmental site assessments required
- required, not held create GIS reports required
- required, not held perform sample testing required
- optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
- required, not held communicate on minerals issues required
- required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- optional, not held liaise with industrial professionals optional
- required, not held manipulate metal required
- required, not held prepare samples for testing required
- optional, not held collect samples optional
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- required, not held conduct laboratory chemical research on metals required
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- required, not held types of metal required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a geochemist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate on minerals issues skill · sector specific
- 02 conduct laboratory chemical research on metals skill · sector specific
- 03 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held geology knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held create thematic maps required
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect samples optional
- optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held liaise with industrial professionals optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
18 held skills the geochemist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse drill engineering skill
- not needed by the target role connect equipment to wellheads skill
- not needed by the target role design drill programmes skill
- not needed by the target role design well paths skill
- not needed by the target role design well-head equipment skill
- not needed by the target role inspect water wells skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with specialist contractors for well operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage drilling contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage drilling team skill
- not needed by the target role manage service contracts in the drilling industry skill
- not needed by the target role monitor well costs skill
- not needed by the target role monitor well operations skill
- not needed by the target role monitor well safety skill
- not needed by the target role plan oil wells skill
- not needed by the target role prepare well data sheets skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role restore natural environment after drilling proofs skill
- not needed by the target role suggest well maintenance skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held types of metal required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
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.