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

metrology techniciantobacteriology technician

A metrology technician already meets 23% of what the bacteriology technician role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From metrology technician
23%
Overlap1
To bacteriology technician
6 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
77.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.2/ 100

1 Share of the bacteriology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the metrology technician 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 bacteriology technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a metrology technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • biology
  • calibrate laboratory equipment
  • laboratory techniques
  • maintain laboratory equipment
  • perform scientific research
  • write technical reports

What stands in the way is 14 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bacteriology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a metrology technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held calibrate laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held write technical reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held perform scientific research information skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the bacteriology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 11 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 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • required, not held molecular biology required
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held parasitology optional
  • optional, not held clinical cytology optional
  • optional, not held life sciences optional
02 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse experimental laboratory data required
  • required, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation required
  • required, not held apply scientific methods required
  • required, not held collect biological data required
  • optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held perform laboratory tests required
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
04 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held collect samples for analysis required
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held preserve samples optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
06 education 1 required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bacteriology 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held biology knowledge
  • already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held maintain laboratory equipment skill
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held write technical reports skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage inventory required
08 health and welfare 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicable diseases optional
  • optional, not held immunology optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
  • optional, not held write research proposals optional
10 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
  • optional, not held prepare visual data optional
11 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held parasitology optional
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
  • optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
  • optional, not held clinical cytology optional
  • optional, not held communicable diseases optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
  • optional, not held immunology optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held life sciences optional
  • optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
  • optional, not held prepare visual data optional
  • optional, not held preserve samples optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
  • optional, not held write research proposals optional
24 held skills the bacteriology technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role algebra knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate precision instrument skill
  • not needed by the target role contact scientists skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geometry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect material skill
  • not needed by the target role instrumentation engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metrology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role order equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform test run skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role study the relationships between quantities skill
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
  • not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role write calibration report skill
15 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 laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • required, not held molecular biology required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held parasitology optional
  • optional, not held clinical cytology optional
  • optional, not held communicable diseases optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
  • optional, not held immunology optional
  • optional, not held life sciences optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from metrology technician

Full index of moves from metrology technician

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.