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

firework assemblertopyrotechnics drying room attendant

A firework assembler already meets 19% of what the pyrotechnics drying room attendant role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From firework assembler
19%
Overlap1
To pyrotechnics drying room attendant
4 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
72.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.2/ 100

1 Share of the pyrotechnics drying room attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the firework assembler 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 pyrotechnics drying room attendant role treats 2 of its required skills as things a firework assembler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • explosives
  • store pyrotechnical materials

What stands in the way is 10 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pyrotechnics drying room attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a firework assembler background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held store pyrotechnical materials handling and moving
  • already held set up pyrotechnical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held pyrotechnic articles legislation business, administration and law
  • already held explosives engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 4 carried skills, including the 2 the pyrotechnics drying room attendant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held tend pyrotechnics drying room required
  • required, not held adjust drying process to goods required
  • required, not held monitor end-product drying process required
  • required, not held use chemical analysis equipment required
  • optional, not held apply wood kiln drying technologies optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
02 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held control pyrotechnics stock required
  • required, not held handle flammable substances required
  • optional, not held operate tumble dryer optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held oversee stock quality control required
  • required, not held control temperature required
04 services 2 required
  • required, not held fire prevention procedures required
  • required, not held hazardous waste storage required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pyrotechnics drying room attendant 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 explosives knowledge
  • already held store pyrotechnical materials skill
  • already held pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
  • already held set up pyrotechnical equipment skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply wood kiln drying technologies optional
  • optional, not held operate tumble dryer optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
17 held skills the pyrotechnics drying room attendant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
  • not needed by the target role apply flame handling regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role build pyrotechnical devices skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure appropriate packaging of dangerous goods skill
  • not needed by the target role handle explosives skill
  • not needed by the target role handling of dangerous goods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role mix treating materials skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor powdered ingredients skill
  • not needed by the target role obtain pyrotechnic permits skill
  • not needed by the target role operate pyrotechnical control skill
  • not needed by the target role plan pyrotechnical effects skill
  • not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role test pyrotechnical effects skill
  • not needed by the target role transport dangerous goods skill
  • not needed by the target role work safely with pyrotechnical materials in a performance environment 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held fire prevention procedures required
  • required, not held hazardous waste storage required
  • optional, not held mechanics 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.