gas service techniciantopipeline maintenance worker
A gas service technician already meets 17% of what the pipeline maintenance worker role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
76.5/ 100
1 Share of the pipeline maintenance worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the gas service 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 this move works
A pipeline maintenance worker role treats 3 of its required skills as things a gas service technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- inspect pipelines
- operate welding equipment
- use personal protection equipment
What stands in the way is 14 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pipeline maintenance worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a gas service technician background worth leading with.
- already held types of pipelines engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held inspect pipelines constructing
- already held operate welding equipment constructing
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the pipeline maintenance worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 9 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 cooperate with colleagues required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held follow written instructions required
- required, not held use rigging equipment required
- required, not held maintain equipment required
- required, not held maintain pipeline coating properties required
- required, not held operate soldering equipment required
- required, not held prevent pipeline deterioration required
- optional, not held assemble manufactured pipeline parts optional
- optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
- required, not held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures required
- required, not held apply health and safety standards required
- optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional
- required, not held measure parts of manufactured products required
- required, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations required
- optional, not held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline optional
- required, not held pipeline coating properties required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pipeline maintenance worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill · sector specific
- 02 measure parts of manufactured products skill · sector specific
- 03 pipeline coating properties knowledge · 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held inspect pipelines skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held types of pipelines knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held handle chemicals required
- optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
- optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assemble manufactured pipeline parts optional
- optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional
- optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
- optional, not held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline optional
- optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
- optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
21 held skills the pipeline maintenance worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
- not needed by the target role anticipate installation maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role consult technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role energy performance of buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure correct gas pressure skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment cooling skill
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role install gas heaters skill
- not needed by the target role install metal gas piping skill
- not needed by the target role install utility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role interpret technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role monitor utility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role natural gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate boiler skill
- not needed by the target role prepare copper gas-lines pipes skill
- not needed by the target role read gas meter skill
- not needed by the target role repair heating equipment skill
- not needed by the target role repair pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role resolve equipment malfunctions skill
2 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 pipeline coating properties required
- optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines 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.