road maintenance workertoroad sign installer
A road maintenance worker already meets 45% of what the road sign installer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 52 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the road sign installer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the road maintenance worker 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 · What you already bring
Of the 11 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 worker background worth leading with.
- already held road signage standards services
- already held remove road surface handling and moving
- already held inspect road signs information skills
- already held place temporary road signage management skills
- already held inspect construction supplies information skills
- already held work in a construction team communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the road sign installer role treats as required.
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.
- required, not held inspect construction sites required
- required, not held interpret 2D plans required
- required, not held interpret 3D plans required
- optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
- required, not held interpret traffic signals required
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- required, not held operate hand drill required
- optional, not held mix concrete optional
- required, not held road traffic laws required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
- optional, not held operate mobile crane optional
- optional, not held operate vibratory pile hammer optional
- optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
1 further area in the appendix
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.
- 01 inspect construction sites skill · sector specific
- 02 interpret 2D plans skill · sector specific
- 03 interpret 3D plans skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held place temporary road signage skill
- already held road signage standards knowledge
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held inspect road signs skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held remove road surface skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held pour concrete optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 mix concrete optional
- optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
22 held skills the road sign installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply proofing membranes 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 clear accident site skill
- not needed by the target role guide operation of heavy construction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role inspect asphalt skill
- not needed by the target role inspect drainage channels skill
- not needed by the target role lay base courses skill
- not needed by the target role lay concrete slabs skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain landscape site skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate pavement surface friction measuring devices skill
- not needed by the target role paint with a paint gun skill
- not needed by the target role pave asphalt layers skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform traffic sign maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role transport construction supplies skill
- not needed by the target role types of asphalt coverings knowledge
- not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with hot materials skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held road traffic laws required
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.