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

road maintenance techniciantoroad sign installer

A road maintenance technician already meets 55% of what the road sign installer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From road maintenance technician
55%
Overlap1
To road sign installer
12 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
43.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 43.7

This move: 43.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the road sign installer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road sign installer 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 road signage standards services
  • already held inspect road signs information skills
  • already held place temporary road signage management skills
  • already held inspect construction sites information skills
  • already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
  • already held road traffic laws business, administration and law

All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the road sign installer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret 2D plans required
  • required, not held interpret 3D plans required
  • optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held operate hand drill required
  • optional, not held remove road surface optional
  • optional, not held mix concrete optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use safety equipment in construction required
  • optional, not held handle fragile items optional
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held operate GPS systems required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate mobile crane optional
  • optional, not held operate vibratory pile hammer optional
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pour concrete optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road sign installer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • already held inspect construction sites skill
  • already held inspect construction supplies skill
  • already held interpret traffic signals skill
  • already held place temporary road signage skill
  • already held road signage standards knowledge
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held inspect road signs skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held use measurement instruments skill
  • already held work in a construction team skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held handle fragile items optional
  • optional, not held operate mobile crane optional
  • optional, not held operate vibratory pile hammer optional
  • optional, not held pour concrete optional
  • optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
  • optional, not held remove road surface optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held mix concrete optional
22 held skills the road sign installer 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 asphalt mixes knowledge
  • 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 clear accident site skill
  • not needed by the target role construction product regulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate construction activities skill
  • 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 asphalt skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect paintwork 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 perform traffic sign maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
  • not needed by the target role secure working area skill
  • 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
  • not needed by the target role types of asphalt coverings knowledge
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.