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

road roller operatortopile driving hammer operator

A road roller operator already meets 64% of what the pile driving hammer operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From road roller operator
64%
Overlap1
To pile driving hammer operator
19 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
43 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43/ 100

1 Share of the pile driving hammer operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the road roller operator 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 pile driving hammer operator role treats 10 of its required skills as things a road roller operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • follow health and safety procedures in construction
  • inspect construction sites
  • keep heavy construction equipment in good condition
  • mechanical systems
  • mechanical tools
  • prevent damage to utility infrastructure

What stands in the way is 5 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pile driving hammer operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a road roller operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held test soil load bearing capacity assisting and caring
  • already held secure heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate heavy construction machinery without supervision working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held keep heavy construction equipment in good condition constructing
  • already held inspect construction sites information skills
  • already held prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills

All 19 carried skills, including the 10 the pile driving hammer operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 4 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held drive concrete piles required
  • required, not held drive steel piles required
  • required, not held operate pile driver hammer required
  • optional, not held drive metal sheet piles optional
  • optional, not held operate press-in pile driver optional
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate vibratory pile hammer optional
  • optional, not held drive timber piles optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held set up pile helmets or sleeves required
  • optional, not held attach protective attachments to timber piles optional
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held crane load charts required
04 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use remote control equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pile driving hammer operator 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • already held inspect construction sites skill
  • already held keep heavy construction equipment in good condition skill
  • already held mechanical systems knowledge
  • already held mechanical tools knowledge
  • already held prevent damage to utility infrastructure skill
  • already held react to events in time-critical environments skill
  • already held secure heavy construction equipment skill
  • already held use safety equipment in construction skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held drive mobile heavy construction equipment skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held operate heavy construction machinery without supervision skill
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
  • already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
  • already held test soil load bearing capacity skill
  • already held transport construction supplies skill
  • already held work in a construction team skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held drive metal sheet piles optional
  • optional, not held operate press-in pile driver optional
  • optional, not held attach protective attachments to timber piles optional
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate vibratory pile hammer optional
  • optional, not held drive timber piles optional
  • optional, not held use remote control equipment optional
16 held skills the pile driving hammer operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role compaction techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect construction supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret 2D plans skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret 3D plans skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
  • not needed by the target role operate bulldozer skill
  • not needed by the target role operate construction scraper skill
  • not needed by the target role operate excavator skill
  • not needed by the target role operate grader skill
  • not needed by the target role operate road roller skill
  • not needed by the target role plan surface slope skill
  • not needed by the target role recognise the hazards of dangerous goods skill
  • not needed by the target role sort waste 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held crane load charts required
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.