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

onshore wind energy engineertooffshore renewable energy engineer

A onshore wind energy engineer already meets 51% of what the offshore renewable energy engineer role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

From onshore wind energy engineer
51%
Overlap1
To offshore renewable energy engineer
39 Skills carried over
25 Required, not held
64.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.3/ 100

1 Share of the offshore renewable energy engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the onshore wind energy engineer 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 offshore renewable energy engineer role treats 24 of its required skills as things a onshore wind energy engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • adjust voltage
  • approve engineering design
  • conduct engineering site audits
  • data storage
  • design automation components

What stands in the way is 25 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 39 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A offshore renewable energy engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a onshore wind energy engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate meteorological instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held conduct engineering site audits information skills
  • already held oversee pre-assembly operations management skills
  • already held run simulations information skills
  • already held types of wind turbines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held adjust voltage working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 39 carried skills, including the 24 the offshore renewable energy engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 missing skills fall into 9 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 12 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held marine energy required
  • required, not held offshore constructions and facilities required
  • required, not held offshore renewable energy technologies required
  • required, not held types of tidal stream generators required
  • required, not held types of wave energy converters required
  • required, not held automation technology required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held marine engineering required
  • required, not held marine technology required
  • required, not held sensors required
  • required, not held types of photovoltaic panels required
  • optional, not held maritime electric drives optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate communication within a team required
  • required, not held design offshore energy systems required
  • required, not held address problems critically required
  • required, not held inspect offshore constructions required
  • optional, not held advise on offshore renewable energies subjects optional
03 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held prevent marine pollution required
  • required, not held research locations for offshore farms required
  • required, not held research ocean energy projects required
  • optional, not held conduct underwater surveys optional
  • optional, not held perform hydrodynamics calculations optional
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required
  • required, not held oceanography required
  • required, not held statistical analysis system software required
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production required
  • optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
  • optional, not held survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment optional
  • optional, not held work in inclement conditions optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held innovation processes required
  • optional, not held maritime law optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a offshore renewable energy engineer 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 39 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held adjust voltage skill
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held conduct engineering site audits skill
  • already held data storage knowledge
  • already held design automation components skill
  • already held develop test procedures skill
  • already held electrical power safety regulations knowledge
  • already held energy market knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held manage engineering project skill
  • already held perform data analysis skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
  • already held report test findings skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held types of wind turbines knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held utilise decision support system skill
  • already held wind energy knowledge
  • already held assess financial viability skill
  • already held coordinate electricity generation skill
  • already held develop strategies for electricity contingencies skill
  • already held draw blueprints skill
  • already held electricity market knowledge
  • already held mechatronics knowledge
  • already held operate meteorological instruments skill
  • already held oversee pre-assembly operations skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held respond to electrical power contingencies skill
  • already held review meteorological forecast data skill
  • already held run simulations skill
  • already held test procedures in electricity transmission skill
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held utilise machine learning skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held information extraction required
08 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use remote control equipment required
09 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held test sensors optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct underwater surveys optional
  • optional, not held maritime electric drives optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held perform hydrodynamics calculations optional
  • optional, not held advise on offshore renewable energies subjects optional
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
  • optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
  • optional, not held survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment optional
  • optional, not held test sensors optional
  • optional, not held work in inclement conditions optional
25 held skills the offshore renewable energy engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • not needed by the target role aerodynamics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
  • not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design a mini wind power system skill
  • not needed by the target role design wind farm collector systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design wind turbines skill
  • not needed by the target role electric generators knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical discharge knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with noise standards skill
  • not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor electric generators skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on mini wind power skill
  • not needed by the target role promote innovative infrastructure design skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on wind turbines skill
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role research locations for wind farms skill
  • not needed by the target role smart grids systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test wind turbine blades skill
18 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 information extraction required
  • required, not held innovation processes required
  • required, not held marine energy required
  • required, not held offshore constructions and facilities required
  • required, not held offshore renewable energy technologies required
  • required, not held types of tidal stream generators required
  • required, not held types of wave energy converters required
  • required, not held automation technology required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held marine engineering required
  • required, not held marine technology required
  • required, not held oceanography required
  • required, not held sensors required
  • required, not held statistical analysis system software required
  • required, not held types of photovoltaic panels required
  • optional, not held maritime electric drives optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from onshore wind energy engineer

Full index of moves from onshore wind energy engineer

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.