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

guitar makertoelectronic musical instrument maker

A guitar maker already meets 81% of what the electronic musical instrument maker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From guitar maker
81%
Overlap1
To electronic musical instrument maker
27 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
20 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 20

This move: 20 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the electronic musical instrument maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the guitar maker 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A electronic musical instrument maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a guitar maker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tuning techniques arts and humanities
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • already held create musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • already held musical instruments materials arts and humanities
  • already held design musical instruments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held musical instrument accessories arts and humanities

All 27 carried skills, including the 9 the electronic musical instrument maker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 5 missing skills fall into 4 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held woodturning optional
02 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held solder electronics required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held rewire electronic musical instruments required
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a electronic musical instrument maker 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 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply a protective layer skill
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts skill
  • already held create musical instrument parts skill
  • already held maintain musical instruments skill
  • already held metalworking knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical instruments materials knowledge
  • already held repair musical instruments skill
  • already held tuning techniques knowledge
  • already held acoustics knowledge
  • already held apply restoration techniques skill
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held decorate musical instruments skill
  • already held design musical instruments skill
  • already held estimate restoration costs skill
  • already held estimate value of musical instruments skill
  • already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
  • already held history of musical instruments knowledge
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held musical instrument accessories knowledge
  • already held organic building materials knowledge
  • already held pass on trade techniques skill
  • already held restore musical instruments skill
  • already held select restoration activities skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held trade in musical instruments skill
  • already held verify product specifications skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held woodturning optional
16 held skills the electronic musical instrument maker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create smooth wood surface skill
  • not needed by the target role dye wood skill
  • not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
  • not needed by the target role make bowstrings skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate wood skill
  • not needed by the target role play musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role produce guitar components skill
  • not needed by the target role sand wood skill
  • not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
  • not needed by the target role stain wood skill
  • not needed by the target role tune stringed musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role types of guitars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of strings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of wood knowledge
  • not needed by the target role wood cuts knowledge
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 electronics required
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held woodturning 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.