fitter and turnertomarine fitter
A fitter and turner already meets 63% of what the marine fitter role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
44.1/ 100
1 Share of the marine fitter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fitter and turner 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 marine fitter role treats 14 of its required skills as things a fitter and turner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cut metal products
- fabricate metal parts
- inspect quality of products
- manipulate metal
- measure parts of manufactured products
- metal forming technologies
What stands in the way is 9 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A marine fitter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fitter and turner background worth leading with.
- already held operate metal fabricating machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held apply polishing lubricants handling and moving
- already held screw types engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held fabricate metal parts working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held tend lathe working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 26 carried skills, including the 14 the marine fitter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 manufacturing processes required
- required, not held marine technology required
- required, not held pollution prevention required
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- required, not held work as a team in a hazardous environment required
- required, not held use caulking tools required
- required, not held fasten components required
- required, not held operate material handling equipment required
- optional, not held install electrical equipment in vessels optional
- optional, not held repair vessel mechanical systems optional
- required, not held comply with operational standards for vessels required
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a marine fitter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 comply with operational standards for vessels skill · occupation specific
- 02 use caulking tools skill · occupation specific
- 03 fasten components 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 26 skills that carry over
- already held cut metal products skill
- already held fabricate metal parts skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held manipulate metal skill
- already held measure parts of manufactured products skill
- already held metal forming technologies knowledge
- already held metal joining technologies knowledge
- already held operate drill press skill
- already held operate metal fabricating machines skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held tend lathe skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held apply polishing lubricants skill
- already held assemble metal parts skill
- already held heat metals skill
- already held join metals skill
- already held manufacturing of metal structures knowledge
- already held metal coating technologies knowledge
- already held operate handheld riveting equipment skill
- already held rivet types knowledge
- already held screw types knowledge
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held tend computer numerical control lathe machine skill
- already held tend riveting machine skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held produce materials for decision making optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install electrical equipment in vessels optional
- optional, not held produce materials for decision making optional
- optional, not held repair vessel mechanical systems optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
5 held skills the marine fitter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role design metal components skill
- not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
- not needed by the target role perform metal work skill
- not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
4 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 manufacturing processes required
- required, not held marine technology required
- required, not held pollution prevention required
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels 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.