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

packaging production managertorail project engineer

A packaging production manager already meets 15% of what the rail project engineer role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

From packaging production manager
15%
Overlap1
To rail project engineer
5 Skills carried over
25 Required, not held
85.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

15%

Learning distance A rebuild

85.3/ 100

1 Share of the rail project engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the packaging production manager 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 rail project engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a packaging production manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comply with legal regulations
  • comprehend financial business terminology
  • maintain financial records
  • maintain relationship with customers
  • maintain relationship with suppliers

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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rail project engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a packaging production manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology information skills
  • already held maintain financial records information skills
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain relationship with customers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the rail project engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 9 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare railway technical studies required
  • required, not held promote innovative infrastructure design required
  • required, not held apply technical communication skills required
  • required, not held design customised maps required
  • required, not held give instructions to staff required
  • required, not held liaise with rail experts required
  • required, not held promote environmental awareness required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • required, not held write technical reports required
  • optional, not held work in a rail transport team optional
  • optional, not held draft project documentation optional
02 information skills 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess railway operations required
  • required, not held carry out navigational calculations required
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
  • required, not held audit contractors required
  • required, not held monitor work site required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional
03 management skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage railway construction projects required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage tender processes required
  • optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
  • optional, not held carry out project activities optional
  • optional, not held organise project meetings optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
  • optional, not held ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held rail design engineering required
  • required, not held rail construction engineering required
06 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held railway framework legislation required
  • optional, not held project configuration management optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a rail project 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held statistics required
08 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
  • optional, not held ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures optional
  • optional, not held work in a rail transport team optional
  • optional, not held carry out project activities optional
  • optional, not held draft project documentation optional
  • optional, not held maintain a central project repository optional
  • optional, not held organise project meetings optional
  • optional, not held project configuration management optional
22 held skills the rail project engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
  • not needed by the target role approve packaging design skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct evaluation of quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate proficiency in packaging standards skill
  • not needed by the target role design package skill
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure quality control in packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role identify innovative concepts in packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
  • not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor packaging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role packaging engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role packaging functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role packaging processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan new packaging designs skill
  • not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote sustainable packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test package skill
  • not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
5 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 rail design engineering required
  • required, not held rail construction engineering required
  • required, not held railway framework legislation required
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held project configuration management 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.