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

nitroglycerin neutralisertosoap maker

A nitroglycerin neutraliser already meets 35% of what the soap maker role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From nitroglycerin neutraliser
35%
Overlap1
To soap maker
6 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
57.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.5/ 100

1 Share of the soap maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the nitroglycerin neutraliser 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 soap maker role treats 3 of its required skills as things a nitroglycerin neutraliser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • optimise production processes parameters
  • tend agitation machine
  • transfer chemicals

What stands in the way is 5 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 soap maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a nitroglycerin neutraliser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tend agitation machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held transfer chemicals handling and moving
  • already held prepare chemical samples handling and moving
  • already held use chemical analysis equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held optimise production processes parameters communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the soap maker 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 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held test alkalinity required
  • required, not held monitor valves required
02 handling and moving 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held observe mixture characteristics required
  • optional, not held collect industrial waste optional
  • optional, not held manage waste optional
  • optional, not held match product moulds optional
  • optional, not held use moulding techniques optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held fill kettle required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held alkylation required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement soap formula optional
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain chemical mixers optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a soap maker 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 optimise production processes parameters skill
  • already held tend agitation machine skill
  • already held transfer chemicals skill
  • already held prepare chemical samples skill
  • already held use chemical analysis equipment skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perfume and cosmetic products optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held implement soap formula optional
  • optional, not held maintain chemical mixers optional
  • optional, not held perfume and cosmetic products optional
  • optional, not held collect industrial waste optional
  • optional, not held manage waste optional
  • optional, not held match product moulds optional
  • optional, not held use moulding techniques optional
13 held skills the soap maker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate test results to other departments skill
  • not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role draw off wash water skill
  • not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fill the vat with specific ingredients skill
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate explosives production equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare soda-ash skill
  • not needed by the target role tend vats following a nitration process skill
  • not needed by the target role test chemical samples skill
  • not needed by the target role test nitroglycerin mixture skill
  • not needed by the target role write batch record documentation skill
2 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 alkylation required
  • optional, not held perfume and cosmetic products 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.