Table 1Transition record

maintenance and repair engineertoforge equipment technician

A maintenance and repair engineer already meets 55% of what the forge equipment technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From maintenance and repair engineer

55%

Overlap1

To forge equipment technician

20 Skills carried over

6 Required, not held

44.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

55%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

44.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the forge equipment technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the maintenance and repair 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 forge equipment technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a maintenance and repair engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

conduct routine machinery checks
mechanics
perform machine maintenance
perform maintenance on installed equipment
perform test run
record test data

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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forge equipment technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a maintenance and repair engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held maintain hydraulic systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held install hydraulic systems constructing
already held pneumatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
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

All 20 carried skills, including the 8 the forge equipment technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held replace defect components required
required, not held use measurement instruments required

optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
optional, not held tend mechanical forging press optional

02 constructing 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held operate soldering equipment required
required, not held operate welding equipment required

optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional

03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held types of forging press required

optional, not held forging processes optional
optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional

04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held consult technical resources required

optional, not held prepare compliance documents optional

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
optional, not held order supplies optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forge equipment technician 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 20 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
already held mechanics knowledge
already held perform machine maintenance skill
already held perform maintenance on installed 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 electronics knowledge
already held estimate restoration costs skill
already held hydraulics knowledge
already held install hydraulic systems skill
already held maintain hydraulic systems skill
already held perform risk analysis skill
already held pneumatics knowledge
already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
already held solve technical problems skill
already held troubleshoot skill
already held write records for repairs skill

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
optional, not held forging processes optional
optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
optional, not held order supplies optional
optional, not held prepare compliance documents optional
optional, not held tend mechanical forging press optional

82 held skills the forge equipment technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
not needed by the target role assemble mechatronic units skill
not needed by the target role assemble sensors skill
not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
not needed by the target role battery chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role battery components knowledge
not needed by the target role battery fluids knowledge
not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
not needed by the target role communication knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
not needed by the target role control engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role coordinate communication within a team skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
not needed by the target role data mining methods knowledge
not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
not needed by the target role design automation components skill
not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
not needed by the target role hydroelectricity knowledge
not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
not needed by the target role inspect machinery skill
not needed by the target role install automation components skill
not needed by the target role install mechatronic equipment skill
not needed by the target role lead process optimisation skill
not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill

42 further entries not listed here

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 types of forging press required
optional, not held forging processes optional
optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional

Index

Other moves recorded from maintenance and repair engineer

Full index of moves from maintenance and repair 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.