heating and ventilation service installertofluid power technician
A heating and ventilation service installer already meets 70% of what the fluid power technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
29.3/ 100
1 Share of the fluid power technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the heating and ventilation service installer 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 fluid power technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a heating and ventilation service installer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult technical resources
- fluid mechanics
- hydraulics
- mechanics
- operate soldering equipment
- perform test run
What stands in the way is 4 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fluid power technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a heating and ventilation service installer background worth leading with.
- already held prepare compliance documents information skills
- already held fluid mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- 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 9 the fluid power technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 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.
- required, not held secure working area required
- required, not held install hydraulic systems required
- required, not held hydraulic fluid required
- required, not held read standard blueprints required
- optional, not held operate industrial equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held replace defect components optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fluid power technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 hydraulic fluid knowledge · cross sector
- 02 install hydraulic systems skill · cross sector
- 03 read standard blueprints 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 22 skills that carry over
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held fluid mechanics knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- already held prepare compliance documents skill
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held solve technical problems skill
- already held write records for repairs skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held operate industrial equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held replace defect components optional
- optional, not held troubleshoot optional
40 held skills the fluid power technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
- not needed by the target role apply proofing membranes skill
- not needed by the target role cut wall chases skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate products' features skill
- not needed by the target role district heating and cooling knowledge
- not needed by the target role domestic cooling systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role install gas heaters skill
- not needed by the target role install heat pump skill
- not needed by the target role install heating boiler skill
- not needed by the target role install heating furnace skill
- not needed by the target role install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts skill
- not needed by the target role install in-floor and in-wall heating skill
- not needed by the target role install metal gas piping skill
- not needed by the target role install solar water heater skill
- not needed by the target role install ventilation equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install wood heater skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role lay pipe installation skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate climate control skill
- not needed by the target role operate hand drill skill
- not needed by the target role operate hot glue gun skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
- not needed by the target role prepare copper gas-lines pipes skill
- not needed by the target role refrigerants knowledge
- not needed by the target role thermodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
- not needed by the target role use safety equipment in construction skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
1 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 hydraulic fluid required
Other moves recorded from heating and ventilation service installer
- refrigeration air condition and heat pump technician 75% covered · moderate
- forge equipment technician 69% covered · moderate
- industrial machinery mechanic 68% covered · moderate
- agricultural machinery technician 68% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from heating and ventilation service installer
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.