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

language engineertocontract engineer

A language engineer already meets 40% of what the contract engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From language engineer
40%
Overlap1
To contract engineer
9 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
57.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.2/ 100

1 Share of the contract engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the language engineer 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 contract engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a language engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • interpret technical requirements
  • manage engineering project
  • perform scientific research
  • project management

What stands in the way is 6 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A contract engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a language engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held interpret technical requirements information skills
  • already held manage engineering project management skills
  • already held define technical requirements management skills
  • already held project management business, administration and law
  • already held use technical drawing software working with computers
  • already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the contract engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held manage contracts required
  • optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
  • optional, not held consult with technical staff optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held meet contract specifications optional
02 management skills 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held carry out tendering optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
  • optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
  • optional, not held manage tender processes optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held contract law required
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
04 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held assess financial viability required
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
  • optional, not held perform contract compliance audits optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held construction industry optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a contract engineer 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held interpret technical requirements skill
  • already held manage engineering project skill
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held define technical requirements skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held carry out tendering optional
  • optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
  • optional, not held construction industry optional
  • optional, not held consult with technical staff optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
  • optional, not held manage tender processes optional
  • optional, not held meet contract specifications optional
  • optional, not held perform contract compliance audits optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
35 held skills the contract engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role algorithms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computational linguistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct ICT code review skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct search engine optimisation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop code exploits skill
  • not needed by the target role develop translation memory software skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate translation technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role follow translation quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role linguistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role machine translation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT semantic integration skill
  • not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
  • not needed by the target role modern languages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role natural language processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role principles of artificial intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role probability theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role semantics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role speech recognition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role task algorithmisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role transcreation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate language concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role update language skills skill
  • not needed by the target role use computer-aided translation skill
  • not needed by the target role use dictionaries skill
  • not needed by the target role use translation memory software skill
  • not needed by the target role use word processing software 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 contract law required
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held construction industry optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from language engineer

Full index of moves from language engineer

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.