Table 1Transition record

road maintenance techniciantoroad construction supervisor

A road maintenance technician already meets 34% of what the road construction supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From road maintenance technician

34%

Overlap1

To road construction supervisor

18 Skills carried over

16 Required, not held

71.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.4/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the road construction supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the road maintenance 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 road construction supervisor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a road maintenance technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

coordinate construction activities
follow health and safety procedures in construction
inspect construction sites
inspect construction supplies
keep records of work progress
road traffic laws

What stands in the way is 16 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road construction supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a road maintenance technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held perform traffic sign maintenance working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held clear accident site handling and moving
already held inspect road signs information skills
already held asphalt mixes engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held inspect asphalt information skills
already held types of asphalt coverings engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the road construction supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 10 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 management skills 6 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held ensure compliance with construction project deadline required
required, not held ensure equipment availability required
required, not held evaluate employees work required
required, not held plan resource allocation required
required, not held plan shifts of employees required
required, not held supervise staff required

optional, not held recruit employees optional

02 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held monitor stock level required
required, not held process incoming construction supplies required
required, not held conduct quality control analysis required

optional, not held inspect drainage channels optional
optional, not held calculate needs for construction supplies optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held liaise with managers required
required, not held react to events in time-critical environments required

optional, not held advise on construction materials optional
optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
optional, not held order construction supplies optional
optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
optional, not held train employees optional

04 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held manage health and safety standards required
required, not held use safety equipment in construction required

optional, not held provide first aid optional

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held mechanical systems required
required, not held mechanical tools required

optional, not held machinery load capacity optional

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment required

optional, not held maintain equipment optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road construction supervisor 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 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held coordinate construction activities skill
already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
already held inspect construction sites skill
already held inspect construction supplies skill
already held keep records of work progress skill
already held road traffic laws knowledge
already held secure working area skill
already held types of asphalt coverings knowledge
already held work in a construction team skill
already held asphalt mixes knowledge
already held clear accident site skill
already held construction product regulation knowledge
already held inspect asphalt skill
already held inspect road signs skill
already held perform traffic sign maintenance skill
already held place temporary road signage skill
already held use measurement instruments skill
already held work ergonomically skill

The 4 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 constructing 5 supplementary

optional, not held lay base courses optional
optional, not held lay concrete slabs optional
optional, not held pave asphalt layers optional
optional, not held prepare subgrade for road pavement optional
optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional

08 handling and moving 3 supplementary

optional, not held remove road surface optional
optional, not held transport construction supplies optional
optional, not held work safely with hot materials optional

09 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held types of membranes optional

10 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held cost management optional

23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held cost management optional
optional, not held inspect drainage channels optional
optional, not held lay base courses optional
optional, not held lay concrete slabs optional
optional, not held pave asphalt layers optional
optional, not held prepare subgrade for road pavement optional
optional, not held remove road surface optional
optional, not held transport construction supplies optional
optional, not held work safely with hot materials optional
optional, not held advise on construction materials optional
optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
optional, not held calculate needs for construction supplies optional
optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held machinery load capacity optional
optional, not held maintain equipment optional
optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
optional, not held order construction supplies optional
optional, not held provide first aid optional
optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional
optional, not held train employees optional
optional, not held types of membranes optional

16 held skills the road construction supervisor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on bridge inspection skill
not needed by the target role advise on bridge replacement skill
not needed by the target role analyse road traffic patterns skill
not needed by the target role carry out de-icing activities skill
not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role design customised maps skill
not needed by the target role estimate repair priority skill
not needed by the target role inspect paintwork skill
not needed by the target role interpret traffic signals skill
not needed by the target role monitor traffic flow skill
not needed by the target role national road network knowledge
not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
not needed by the target role road signage standards knowledge
not needed by the target role set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
not needed by the target role traffic engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role traffic signs knowledge

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 mechanical systems required
required, not held mechanical tools required
optional, not held cost management optional
optional, not held machinery load capacity optional
optional, not held types of membranes optional

Index

Other moves recorded from road maintenance technician

Full index of moves from road maintenance technician

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.