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

precision engineertoequipment engineer

A precision engineer already meets 58% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From precision engineer
58%
Overlap1
To equipment engineer
21 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
42.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 42.3

This move: 42.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the equipment engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the precision 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a precision engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply advanced manufacturing management skills
  • already held manage product testing management skills
  • already held interpret technical requirements information skills
  • already held product data management business, administration and law
  • already held manage engineering project management skills
  • already held define technical requirements management skills

All 21 carried skills, including the 9 the equipment engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assess financial viability required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • required, not held execute feasibility study required
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held mathematics required
04 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a equipment 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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held interpret technical requirements skill
  • already held manage engineering project skill
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held analyse test data skill
  • already held apply advanced manufacturing skill
  • already held design principles knowledge
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held electrical engineering knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held manage product testing skill
  • already held mechanical engineering knowledge
  • already held product data management knowledge
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
16 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate precision instrument skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
  • not needed by the target role define part requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role design microelectromechanical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design scientific equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain test equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate precision machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform test run skill
  • not needed by the target role precision engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role precision mechanics knowledge
7 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 manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from precision engineer

Full index of moves from precision 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.