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

liquid fuel engineertooil and gas production manager

A liquid fuel engineer already meets 25% of what the oil and gas production manager role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From liquid fuel engineer
25%
Overlap1
To oil and gas production manager
14 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
74 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74/ 100

1 Share of the oil and gas production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the liquid fuel 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 oil and gas production manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a liquid fuel engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • natural gas
  • prepare scientific reports

What stands in the way is 18 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A oil and gas production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a liquid fuel engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held liaise with well test engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held prepare well formation evaluation programmes information skills
  • already held provide petroleum engineering support information skills
  • already held well testing operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held monitor extraction logging operations information skills
  • already held prepare extraction proposals information skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 3 the oil and gas production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify process improvements required
  • required, not held manage emergency procedures required
  • required, not held manage heavy equipment required
  • required, not held manage medium term objectives required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held plan medium to long term objectives required
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
  • required, not held inform on workplace safety standards required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • required, not held think proactively required
  • required, not held write production reports required
03 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply safety management required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
  • optional, not held supervise worker safety optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held gas market required
  • required, not held fuel gas required
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held report on production results required
  • optional, not held assess potential oil yield optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held leadership principles required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a oil and gas production manager 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held natural gas knowledge
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held fossil fuels knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held interpret extraction data skill
  • already held liaise with well test engineers skill
  • already held monitor extraction logging operations skill
  • already held prepare extraction proposals skill
  • already held prepare well formation evaluation programmes skill
  • already held provide petroleum engineering support skill
  • already held report well results skill
  • already held well testing operations knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held oil rig legislation optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess potential oil yield optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held oil rig legislation optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
  • optional, not held supervise worker safety optional
24 held skills the oil and gas production manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role alcohol fuels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biodiesel knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compile reservoir performance plans skill
  • not needed by the target role control pumping operations in petroleum production skill
  • not needed by the target role design natural gas processing systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design well flow systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design well for petroleum production skill
  • not needed by the target role determine flow rate enhancement skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fossil-fuel power plant operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with mine professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role manage environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fluid production in gas skill
  • not needed by the target role manage production fluid in oil production skill
  • not needed by the target role manage well interaction skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor fuel storage tanks skill
  • not needed by the target role petroleum knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan oil wells skill
  • not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise well operations skill
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
  • not needed by the target role types of fuels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use reservoir surveillance skill
7 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 gas market required
  • required, not held fuel gas required
  • required, not held leadership principles required
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held oil rig legislation optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held mechanics 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.