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

fluid power techniciantoforge equipment technician

A fluid power technician already meets 67% of what the forge equipment technician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fluid power technician
67%
Overlap1
To forge equipment technician
22 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
33.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

67%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33.3/ 100

1 Share of the forge equipment technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fluid power technician 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 forge equipment technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things a fluid power technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct routine machinery checks
  • consult technical resources
  • mechanics
  • operate soldering equipment
  • operate welding equipment
  • perform maintenance on installed equipment

What stands in the way is 3 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forge equipment technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fluid power technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held install hydraulic systems constructing
  • already held prepare compliance documents information skills
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held solve technical problems working with computers
  • already held perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
  • already held install electrical and electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 22 carried skills, including the 11 the forge equipment technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held perform machine maintenance required
  • required, not held use measurement instruments required
  • optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
  • optional, not held maintain hydraulic systems optional
  • optional, not held tend mechanical forging press optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held types of forging press required
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held forging processes optional
  • optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
04 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pneumatics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forge equipment 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate soldering equipment skill
  • already held operate welding equipment skill
  • already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held replace defect components skill
  • already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held estimate restoration costs skill
  • already held hydraulics knowledge
  • already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
  • already held install hydraulic systems skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held prepare compliance documents skill
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
  • already held solve technical problems skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held write records for repairs skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held forging processes optional
  • optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
  • optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
  • optional, not held maintain hydraulic systems optional
  • optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
  • optional, not held pneumatics optional
  • optional, not held tend mechanical forging press optional
9 held skills the forge equipment technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role fluid mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hydraulic fluid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role operate industrial equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role secure working area skill
5 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 types of forging press required
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held forging processes optional
  • optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
  • optional, not held pneumatics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from fluid power technician

Full index of moves from fluid power technician

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.