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

refurbishing techniciantovehicle maintenance attendant

A refurbishing technician already meets 22% of what the vehicle maintenance attendant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From refurbishing technician
22%
Overlap1
To vehicle maintenance attendant
6 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
72.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.1/ 100

1 Share of the vehicle maintenance attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the refurbishing technician 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 vehicle maintenance attendant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a refurbishing technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure client orientation
  • perform manual work autonomously
  • perform technical tasks with great care

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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vehicle maintenance attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a refurbishing technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held perform manual work autonomously handling and moving
  • already held mechanical tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held ensure client orientation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the vehicle maintenance attendant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 9 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 handling and moving 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health required
  • required, not held position vehicles for maintenance and repair required
  • required, not held execute vehicle maintenance required
  • required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
  • required, not held maintain work area cleanliness required
  • optional, not held fix minor vehicle scratches optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify vehicles service requirements required
  • required, not held execute working instructions required
  • optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out improvised vehicle repairs required
  • optional, not held perform minor vehicle repairs optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held types of vehicles required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held car controls required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a vehicle maintenance attendant 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 ensure client orientation skill
  • already held perform manual work autonomously skill
  • already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
  • already held drive vehicles skill
  • already held mechanical tools knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
  • optional, not held maintain vehicle records optional
  • optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
08 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
09 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held maintain vehicle records optional
  • optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
  • optional, not held perform minor vehicle repairs optional
  • optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
  • optional, not held fix minor vehicle scratches optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
12 held skills the vehicle maintenance attendant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engine components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather information to substitute parts skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role measure parts of manufactured products skill
  • not needed by the target role parts pricing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform metal work skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase vehicle parts skill
  • not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role vehicle electrical systems knowledge
3 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 car controls required
  • required, not held types of vehicles required
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Index
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.