Table 1Transition record

pottery and porcelain castertohand brick moulder

A pottery and porcelain caster already meets 40% of what the hand brick moulder role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From pottery and porcelain caster

40%

Overlap1

To hand brick moulder

11 Skills carried over

6 Required, not held

57.8 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.8/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the hand brick moulder role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pottery and porcelain caster 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 hand brick moulder role treats 4 of its required skills as things a pottery and porcelain caster already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

extract products from moulds
fill moulds
monitor end-product drying process
types of pottery material

What stands in the way is 6 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 hand brick moulder role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pottery and porcelain caster background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held handle different pottery materials handling and moving
already held monitor end-product drying process working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held form moulding mixture handling and moving
already held types of pottery material arts and humanities
already held construct moulds handling and moving
already held fill moulds handling and moving

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the hand brick moulder role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 handling and moving 4 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held remove mixture excess required
required, not held maintain moulds required
required, not held prevent casting adhesion required
required, not held select mould types required

optional, not held assemble moulds optional
optional, not held load heavy items on pallets optional
optional, not held ensure mould uniformity optional
optional, not held match product moulds optional
optional, not held repair mould defects optional

02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held adjust clay burning level required

optional, not held stamp refractory products optional
optional, not held maintain furnace temperature optional
optional, not held operate furnace optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held quality standards required

04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary

optional, not held sanding techniques optional

05 information skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held perform product testing optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held various types of sand optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hand brick moulder 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 extract products from moulds skill
already held fill moulds skill
already held monitor end-product drying process skill
already held types of pottery material knowledge
already held check quality of raw materials skill
already held construct moulds skill
already held form moulding mixture skill
already held handle different pottery materials skill
already held inspect quality of products skill
already held keep records of work progress skill
already held use personal protection equipment skill

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held stamp refractory products optional
optional, not held assemble moulds optional
optional, not held load heavy items on pallets optional
optional, not held maintain furnace temperature optional
optional, not held operate furnace optional
optional, not held various types of sand optional
optional, not held ensure mould uniformity optional
optional, not held match product moulds optional
optional, not held perform product testing optional
optional, not held repair mould defects optional
optional, not held sanding techniques optional

31 held skills the hand brick moulder role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role alumina ceramic knowledge
not needed by the target role apply glaze coating skill
not needed by the target role casting processes knowledge
not needed by the target role ceramic ware knowledge
not needed by the target role ceramics glazes knowledge
not needed by the target role conform with clay thickness skill
not needed by the target role extract materials from furnace skill
not needed by the target role load materials into furnace skill
not needed by the target role materials in porcelain manufacturing knowledge
not needed by the target role materials used in stoneware manufacturing knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor automated machines skill
not needed by the target role monitor conveyor belt skill
not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
not needed by the target role operate a ceramics kiln skill
not needed by the target role operate drying blowers skill
not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
not needed by the target role pack fragile items for transportation skill
not needed by the target role paint decorative designs skill
not needed by the target role perform green machining skill
not needed by the target role perform machine maintenance skill
not needed by the target role polish clay products skill
not needed by the target role prepare production prototypes skill
not needed by the target role record production data for quality control skill
not needed by the target role report defective manufacturing materials skill
not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
not needed by the target role tend clay extrusion machine skill
not needed by the target role tend jigger machines skill
not needed by the target role tend pug mills skill
not needed by the target role tend tumbling machine skill
not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
not needed by the target role work ergonomically 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 quality standards required
optional, not held various types of sand optional
optional, not held sanding techniques optional

Index

Other moves recorded from pottery and porcelain caster

Full index of moves from pottery and porcelain caster

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.