offshore renewable energy techniciantoelectrical transmission system operator
A offshore renewable energy technician already meets 49% of what the electrical transmission system operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
50.3/ 100
1 Share of the electrical transmission system operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the offshore renewable energy 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 this move works
A electrical transmission system operator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a offshore renewable energy technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- coordinate electricity generation
- develop strategies for electricity contingencies
- electrical power safety regulations
- electricity
- ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule
- ensure safety in electrical power operations
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 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A electrical transmission system operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a offshore renewable energy technician background worth leading with.
- already held coordinate electricity generation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop strategies for electricity contingencies management skills
- already held test procedures in electricity transmission constructing
- already held ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule information skills
- already held respond to electrical power contingencies working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held ensure safety in electrical power operations assisting and caring
All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the electrical transmission system operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 adapt energy distribution schedules required
- required, not held manage electricity transmission system required
- optional, not held read electricity meter optional
- optional, not held monitor automated machines optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- required, not held electric current required
- required, not held transmission towers required
- optional, not held smart grids systems optional
- required, not held electricity market required
- optional, not held oversee power equipment operation optional
- optional, not held inspect overhead power lines optional
- optional, not held inspect underground power cables optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held analyse energy market trends optional
- optional, not held assess areas for power line installation optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a electrical transmission system operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt energy distribution schedules skill · sector specific
- 02 manage electricity transmission system skill · sector specific
- 03 electric current knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held coordinate electricity generation skill
- already held develop strategies for electricity contingencies skill
- already held electrical power safety regulations knowledge
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule skill
- already held ensure safety in electrical power operations skill
- already held respond to electrical power contingencies skill
- already held test procedures in electricity transmission skill
- already held electrical discharge knowledge
- already held electricity consumption knowledge
- already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop electricity distribution schedule optional
- optional, not held supervise electricity distribution operations optional
- optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop electricity distribution schedule optional
- optional, not held oversee power equipment operation optional
- optional, not held read electricity meter optional
- optional, not held smart grids systems optional
- optional, not held supervise electricity distribution operations optional
- optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
- optional, not held analyse energy market trends optional
- optional, not held assess areas for power line installation optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held inspect overhead power lines optional
- optional, not held inspect underground power cables optional
- optional, not held monitor automated machines optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
56 held skills the electrical transmission system operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aerodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role control temperature skill
- not needed by the target role electric generators knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role gather data skill
- not needed by the target role inspect offshore constructions skill
- not needed by the target role inspect tidal stream generators skill
- not needed by the target role inspect wave energy converters skill
- not needed by the target role inspect wind turbines skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install offshore renewable energy systems skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain hydraulic systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain robotic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain sensor equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain wind turbines skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
- not needed by the target role marine energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role marine engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role marine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role maritime electric drives knowledge
- not needed by the target role maritime meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor electric generators skill
- not needed by the target role offshore constructions and facilities knowledge
- not needed by the target role offshore renewable energy technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate automated process control skill
- not needed by the target role prevent marine pollution skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on wind turbines skill
16 further entries not listed here
4 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 electric current required
- required, not held electricity market required
- required, not held transmission towers required
- optional, not held smart grids systems optional
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- hydroelectric plant operator 51% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from offshore renewable energy technician
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.