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

rail project engineertoproject support officer

A rail project engineer already meets 23% of what the project support officer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From rail project engineer
23%
Overlap1
To project support officer
8 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
76.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.4/ 100

1 Share of the project support officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rail project 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.

Why

Why this move works

A project support officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a rail project engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • carry out project activities
  • draft project documentation
  • maintain a central project repository
  • organise project meetings
  • perform risk analysis
  • project configuration management

What stands in the way is 17 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A project support officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rail project engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held carry out project activities management skills
  • already held draft project documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain a central project repository information skills
  • already held organise project meetings management skills
  • already held project configuration management business, administration and law
  • already held maintain financial records information skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the project support officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 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 information skills 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held create a financial report required
  • required, not held manage project information required
  • required, not held document project progress required
  • required, not held estimate duration of work required
  • required, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports required
  • optional, not held organise information on availability of the team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held manage project metrics optional
  • optional, not held perform PESTEL analysis optional
02 business, administration and law 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held project management methodology (PM²) required
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Prince2 project management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
03 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage administrative systems required
  • required, not held introduce new employees required
  • required, not held monitor the conformance to the project methodology required
  • optional, not held customise project methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held manage project changes optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held train employees required
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage relationships with stakeholders optional
05 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required
  • required, not held follow company standards required
06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use ICT ticketing system required
  • optional, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a project support officer 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held carry out project activities skill
  • already held draft project documentation skill
  • already held maintain a central project repository skill
  • already held organise project meetings skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held project configuration management knowledge
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held office software required
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Prince2 project management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system optional
  • optional, not held organise information on availability of the team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held customise project methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage project changes optional
  • optional, not held manage project metrics optional
  • optional, not held manage relationships with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held perform PESTEL analysis optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
30 held skills the project support officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess railway operations skill
  • not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out navigational calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • not needed by the target role design customised maps skill
  • not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures skill
  • not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with rail experts skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage railway construction projects skill
  • not needed by the target role manage tender processes skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor work site skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare railway technical studies skill
  • not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role promote innovative infrastructure design skill
  • not needed by the target role rail construction engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role rail design engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role railway framework legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a rail transport team skill
  • not needed by the target role write technical reports skill
8 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 office software required
  • required, not held project management methodology (PM²) required
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Prince2 project management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from rail project engineer

Full index of moves from rail project 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.