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

pipeline engineertopipeline route manager

A pipeline engineer already meets 40% of what the pipeline route manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From pipeline engineer
40%
Overlap1
To pipeline route manager
11 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
60.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.6/ 100

1 Share of the pipeline route manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pipeline 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 pipeline route manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a pipeline engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply health and safety standards
  • comply with pipeline transport regulations
  • ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
  • mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects
  • perform water analysis
  • survey sites for pipeline installation

What stands in the way is 11 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pipeline route manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pipeline engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held oversee wetlands in project development information skills
  • already held combine multiple fields of knowledge information skills
  • already held perform water analysis information skills
  • already held consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows constructing
  • already held survey sites for pipeline installation information skills
  • already held comply with pipeline transport regulations assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the pipeline route manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 management skills 4 required
  • required, not held develop contingency plans for emergencies required
  • required, not held perform follow-up on pipeline route services required
  • required, not held set management priorities in pipeline networks required
  • required, not held manage staff required
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects required
  • required, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations required
  • required, not held monitor work site required
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held adhere to OHSAS 18001 required
  • required, not held apply company policies required
  • optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
04 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines required
  • optional, not held rigging terminology optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held advise on archaeological sites required
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect pipelines optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pipeline route manager 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held comply with pipeline transport regulations skill
  • already held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill
  • already held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects skill
  • already held perform water analysis skill
  • already held survey sites for pipeline installation skill
  • already held types of pipelines knowledge
  • already held combine multiple fields of knowledge skill
  • already held consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held oversee wetlands in project development skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify GIS issues optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held inspect pipelines optional
  • optional, not held rigging terminology optional
  • optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
  • optional, not held identify GIS issues optional
24 held skills the pipeline route manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble manufactured pipeline parts skill
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create designs for pipeline engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role design pipelines with different coating solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
  • not needed by the target role geometry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrate measures in architectural designs skill
  • not needed by the target role isometric perspective knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain pipeline coating properties skill
  • not needed by the target role measure parts of manufactured products skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metal bending techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pipeline routing studies skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pipeline coating properties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stay up-to-date with maritime transportation technology skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
  • not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held rigging terminology 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.