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

production plant crane operatortoscrap metal operative

A production plant crane operator already meets 26% of what the scrap metal operative role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From production plant crane operator
26%
Overlap1
To scrap metal operative
6 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
62.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.4/ 100

1 Share of the scrap metal operative role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the production plant crane operator 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 scrap metal operative role treats 2 of its required skills as things a production plant crane operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply various lifting techniques
  • follow safety procedures when working at heights

What stands in the way is 7 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A scrap metal operative role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a production plant crane operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply various lifting techniques handling and moving
  • already held maximise efficiency of crane operations management skills
  • already held guide cranes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held advise on machinery malfunctions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow safety procedures when working at heights assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 2 the scrap metal operative role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • required, not held resolve equipment malfunctions required
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls required
  • required, not held operate metal fabricating machines required
  • optional, not held use shaping machinery optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held hydraulics required
  • optional, not held types of metal manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cut metal products optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a scrap metal operative 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply various lifting techniques skill
  • already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • already held guide cranes skill
  • already held maximise efficiency of crane operations skill
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held physics optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held types of metal manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held cut metal products optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held use shaping machinery optional
23 held skills the scrap metal operative role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate using non-verbal language skill
  • not needed by the target role crane load charts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine crane load skill
  • not needed by the target role determine the load's centre of gravity skill
  • not needed by the target role ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow manufacturing work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role handle cargo skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with the transported goods' workers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain crane equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechatronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain robotic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role non-ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate automated process control skill
  • not needed by the target role operate cranes skill
  • not needed by the target role operate lifting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate mobile crane skill
  • not needed by the target role operate railway lever frames skill
  • not needed by the target role perform high risk work skill
  • not needed by the target role robotics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set up crane skill
  • not needed by the target role stack goods skill
5 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 hydraulics required
  • optional, not held types of metal manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from production plant crane operator

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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.