process metallurgisttometallurgist
A process metallurgist already meets 80% of what the metallurgist role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 26 of 100 · adjacent
1 Share of the metallurgist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the process metallurgist 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 · What you already bring
Of the 37 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A metallurgist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a process metallurgist background worth leading with.
- already held develop new installations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct metallurgical structural analysis information skills
- already held chemical technologies in metal manufacture engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held design metal components communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held install monitors for process control working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held separate metals from ores working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 37 carried skills, including the 15 the metallurgist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- required, not held shape metal over anvils required
- optional, not held cast metal optional
- optional, not held prepare samples for testing optional
- required, not held perform metal work required
- optional, not held conduct chemical testing on basic metals optional
- optional, not held interpret extraction data optional
- optional, not held monitor extraction logging operations optional
- optional, not held prepare extraction proposals optional
- optional, not held test raw minerals optional
- optional, not held perform sample testing optional
- optional, not held extract materials from furnace optional
- optional, not held fabricate metal parts optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a metallurgist 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 · The rest of the record
All 37 skills that carry over
- already held alloys of precious metals knowledge
- already held assess suitability of metal types for specific application skill
- already held conduct metallurgical structural analysis skill
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held join metals skill
- already held manipulate metal skill
- already held metal and metal ore products knowledge
- already held metal forming technologies knowledge
- already held non-ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held precious metal processing knowledge
- already held precious metals knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held work in metal manufacture teams skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held chemical processes knowledge
- already held chemical technologies in metal manufacture knowledge
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held design metal components skill
- already held develop new installations skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held extract products from moulds skill
- already held innovation processes knowledge
- already held install monitors for process control skill
- already held liaise with quality assurance skill
- already held make time-critical decisions skill
- already held manufacturing of jewellery knowledge
- already held materials engineering knowledge
- already held monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
- already held physics knowledge
- already held process incident reports for prevention skill
- already held provide technical documentation skill
- already held separate metals from ores skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct chemical testing on basic metals optional
- optional, not held extract materials from furnace optional
- optional, not held interpret extraction data optional
- optional, not held monitor extraction logging operations optional
- optional, not held prepare extraction proposals optional
- optional, not held test raw minerals optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held cast metal optional
- optional, not held fabricate metal parts optional
- optional, not held perform sample testing optional
- optional, not held prepare samples for testing optional
0 held skills the metallurgist role does not ask for
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.