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

metal production managertometallurgical manager

A metal production manager already meets 53% of what the metallurgical manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From metal production manager
53%
Overlap1
To metallurgical manager
13 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
46.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.1/ 100

1 Share of the metallurgical manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the metal production manager 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 metallurgical manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a metal production manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • follow company standards
  • forecast organisational risks
  • identify market niches
  • improve business processes
  • manage commercial risks
  • optimise financial performance

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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A metallurgical manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a metal production manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage commercial risks information skills
  • already held optimise financial performance management skills
  • already held forecast organisational risks information skills
  • already held identify market niches management skills
  • already held improve business processes management skills
  • already held innovation processes business, administration and law

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the metallurgical manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cost management required
  • required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
  • optional, not held design metal components optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • optional, not held design drawings optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held conduct metallurgical structural analysis required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held physics optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a metallurgical 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow company standards skill
  • already held forecast organisational risks skill
  • already held identify market niches skill
  • already held improve business processes skill
  • already held manage commercial risks skill
  • already held optimise financial performance skill
  • already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held innovation processes knowledge
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held measure customer feedback skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow manufacturing work schedule optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design metal components optional
  • optional, not held follow manufacturing work schedule optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held design drawings optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
34 held skills the metallurgical manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role apply control process statistical methods skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate production plan skill
  • not needed by the target role control production skill
  • not needed by the target role create manufacturing guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role define manufacturing quality criteria skill
  • not needed by the target role develop manufacturing policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role file claims with insurance companies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with quality assurance skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage company transport strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role manage discarded products skill
  • not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role manage stocked company material skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
  • not needed by the target role procure mechanical machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role replace machines skill
  • not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
  • not needed by the target role types of metal knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use IT tools 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 cost management required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held design drawings optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held quality standards 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.