Table 1Transition record

predictive maintenance experttoprinted circuit board designer

A predictive maintenance expert already meets 19% of what the printed circuit board designer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From predictive maintenance expert

19%

Overlap1

To printed circuit board designer

5 Skills carried over

11 Required, not held

73.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the printed circuit board designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the predictive maintenance expert 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 printed circuit board designer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a predictive maintenance expert already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

electricity
electronics
mathematics

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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A printed circuit board designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a predictive maintenance expert background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ensure equipment maintenance management skills
already held electrical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held mathematics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the printed circuit board designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 2 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held design circuit boards required
required, not held draft design specifications required

optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
optional, not held design prototypes optional
optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
optional, not held draw blueprints optional
optional, not held use manual draughting techniques optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held CAD software required
required, not held printed circuit boards required

optional, not held CADD software optional

03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held interpret circuit diagrams required
required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required

optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional

04 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held use CAD software required
required, not held use technical drawing software required

optional, not held use CADD software optional

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held design drawings required

optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
optional, not held manufacturing processes optional

06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held create technical plans required

optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a printed circuit board designer 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 electricity knowledge
already held electronics knowledge
already held mathematics knowledge
already held electrical engineering knowledge
already held ensure equipment maintenance skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 constructing 1 required

required, not held test printed circuit boards required

08 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
optional, not held CADD software optional
optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
optional, not held design prototypes optional
optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
optional, not held draw blueprints optional
optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional
optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
optional, not held use CADD software optional
optional, not held use manual draughting techniques optional

20 held skills the printed circuit board designer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on equipment maintenance skill
not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
not needed by the target role automotive diagnostic equipment knowledge
not needed by the target role automotive engineering skill
not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge
not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
not needed by the target role design sensors skill
not needed by the target role develop data processing applications skill
not needed by the target role gather data skill
not needed by the target role manage data skill
not needed by the target role model sensor skill
not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
not needed by the target role predictive maintenance knowledge
not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
not needed by the target role test sensors skill
not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill

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 CAD software required
required, not held design drawings required
required, not held printed circuit boards required
optional, not held CADD software optional
optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
optional, not held manufacturing processes optional

Index

Other moves recorded from predictive maintenance expert

Full index of moves from predictive maintenance expert

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.