motor vehicles parts advisortovehicle restoration technician
A motor vehicles parts advisor already meets 16% of what the vehicle restoration technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
16%
82.1/ 100
1 Share of the vehicle restoration technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the motor vehicles parts advisor 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 this move works
A vehicle restoration technician role treats 1 of its required skills as things a motor vehicles parts advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- types of vehicle engines
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vehicle restoration technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a motor vehicles parts advisor background worth leading with.
- already held gather information to substitute parts information skills
- already held maintain parts inventory information skills
- already held parts pricing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held purchase vehicle parts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held types of vehicle engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held electrical wiring plans engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 8 carried skills, including the 1 the vehicle restoration technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 10 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.
- required, not held perform full leather conversions required
- required, not held restore upholstery of classic cars required
- required, not held perform upholstery repair required
- required, not held assemble final product required
- optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
- required, not held carry out repairs of convertible roof covers required
- required, not held repair door panels required
- required, not held perform technical tasks with great care required
- optional, not held perform minor vehicle repairs optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- required, not held provide customized upholstery required
- required, not held ensure client orientation required
- required, not held use color matching techniques required
- required, not held estimate restoration costs required
- required, not held measure parts of manufactured products required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle records optional
- required, not held types of vehicles required
- optional, not held leather products maintenance optional
- optional, not held fabric types optional
- required, not held guarantee customer satisfaction required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vehicle restoration technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out repairs of convertible roof covers skill · occupation specific
- 02 perform full leather conversions skill · occupation specific
- 03 repair door panels skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held types of vehicle engines knowledge
- already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
- already held gather information to substitute parts skill
- already held maintain parts inventory skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held parts pricing knowledge
- already held process payments skill
- already held purchase vehicle parts skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held ensure quality assurance standards for vehicles required
- required, not held car controls required
- optional, not held perform metal work optional
- optional, not held types of paint optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held leather products maintenance optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle records optional
- optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
- optional, not held perform minor vehicle repairs optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held fabric types optional
- optional, not held perform metal work optional
- optional, not held types of paint optional
28 held skills the vehicle restoration technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse supplier's information on vehicle parts skill
- not needed by the target role carry out shipping orders for parts skill
- not needed by the target role check vehicle parts on delivery skill
- not needed by the target role conduct evaluation of quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role e-procurement knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure parts packaging skill
- not needed by the target role export control principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify parts requested by customers skill
- not needed by the target role identify vehicles service requirements skill
- not needed by the target role inventory management rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role load products for dispatch skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturer's recommended price knowledge
- not needed by the target role motor vehicle parts drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role new vehicles on the market knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle parts storage skill
- not needed by the target role prepare shipments in time skill
- not needed by the target role process data skill
- not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
- not needed by the target role sell vehicle parts skill
- not needed by the target role supply chain management knowledge
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use customer relationship management software skill
- not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held car controls required
- required, not held types of vehicles required
- optional, not held leather products maintenance optional
- optional, not held fabric types optional
- optional, not held types of paint optional
Other moves recorded from motor vehicles parts advisor
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.