optical instrument repairertooptical instrument assembler
A optical instrument repairer already meets 58% of what the optical instrument assembler role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
58%
50.9/ 100
1 Share of the optical instrument assembler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the optical instrument repairer 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 optical instrument assembler role treats 15 of its required skills as things a optical instrument repairer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cut glass
- ensure conformity to specifications
- glass tempering
- manipulate glass
- meet deadlines
- operate optical assembly equipment
What stands in the way is 13 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A optical instrument assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a optical instrument repairer background worth leading with.
- already held colour glass working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held glass tempering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held operate optical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held cut lenses for eyeglasses handling and moving
- already held optomechanical devices engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held verify lenses compliance information skills
All 32 carried skills, including the 15 the optical instrument assembler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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.
- required, not held centre lenses required
- required, not held clean optical components required
- required, not held join lenses required
- required, not held mount optical components on frames required
- required, not held grind glass required
- required, not held inspect quality of products required
- required, not held read assembly drawings required
- required, not held report defective manufacturing materials required
- optional, not held monitor machine operations optional
- required, not held optical manufacturing process required
- required, not held glass coatings required
- required, not held operate precision measuring equipment required
- optional, not held adjust manufacturing equipment optional
- required, not held apply optical coating required
- required, not held optical components required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a optical instrument assembler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply optical coating skill · sector specific
- 02 centre lenses skill · sector specific
- 03 clean optical components skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 32 skills that carry over
- already held cut glass skill
- already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
- already held glass tempering knowledge
- already held manipulate glass skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held operate optical assembly equipment skill
- already held operate optical equipment skill
- already held optical equipment standards knowledge
- already held optical glass characteristics knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held remove defective products skill
- already held smooth glass surface skill
- already held types of optical instruments knowledge
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held verify lenses compliance skill
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held colour glass skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held cut lenses for eyeglasses skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintain optical equipment skill
- already held microoptics knowledge
- already held optical engineering knowledge
- already held optics knowledge
- already held optoelectronic devices knowledge
- already held optomechanical devices knowledge
- already held order optical supplies skill
- already held refractive power knowledge
- already held repair optical equipment skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held test optical components skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held wear cleanroom suit optional
- optional, not held process customer orders optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adjust manufacturing equipment optional
- optional, not held monitor machine operations optional
- optional, not held process customer orders optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held wear cleanroom suit optional
7 held skills the optical instrument assembler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role blueprints knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate automated optical inspection machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate optical measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role read engineering drawings skill
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role use tools for construction and repair skill
3 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 optical manufacturing process required
- required, not held glass coatings required
- required, not held optical components required
Other moves recorded from optical instrument repairer
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.