road sign installertoroad maintenance technician
A road sign installer already meets 47% of what the road maintenance technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
54.5/ 100
1 Share of the road maintenance technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the road sign installer 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 this move works
A road maintenance technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a road sign installer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction sites
- inspect construction supplies
- inspect road signs
- interpret traffic signals
- keep records of work progress
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road maintenance technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a road sign installer background worth leading with.
- 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 10 the road maintenance technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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.
- required, not held inspect paintwork required
- required, not held inspect asphalt required
- optional, not held advise on bridge inspection optional
- optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
- optional, not held estimate repair priority optional
- optional, not held monitor traffic flow optional
- required, not held civil engineering required
- required, not held traffic engineering required
- optional, not held asphalt mixes optional
- optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
- required, not held secure working area required
- optional, not held regulate traffic optional
- required, not held traffic signs required
- optional, not held national road network optional
- required, not held perform traffic sign maintenance required
- optional, not held advise on bridge replacement optional
- optional, not held coordinate construction activities optional
- optional, not held design customised maps optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a road maintenance technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 inspect paintwork skill · sector specific
- 02 perform traffic sign maintenance skill · sector specific
- 03 civil engineering knowledge · 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction sites skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held inspect road signs skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held keep records of work progress 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 use measurement instruments skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held clear accident site optional
- optional, not held carry out de-icing activities optional
- optional, not held construction product regulation optional
- optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on bridge inspection optional
- optional, not held advise on bridge replacement optional
- optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
- optional, not held clear accident site optional
- optional, not held construction product regulation optional
- optional, not held national road network optional
- optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
- optional, not held asphalt mixes optional
- optional, not held carry out de-icing activities optional
- optional, not held coordinate construction activities optional
- optional, not held design customised maps optional
- optional, not held estimate repair priority optional
- optional, not held monitor traffic flow optional
- optional, not held regulate traffic optional
- optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
13 held skills the road maintenance technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role handle fragile items 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 keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role mix concrete skill
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate hand drill skill
- not needed by the target role operate mobile crane skill
- not needed by the target role operate vibratory pile hammer skill
- not needed by the target role pour concrete skill
- not needed by the target role process incoming construction supplies skill
- not needed by the target role remove road surface skill
- not needed by the target role use safety equipment in construction skill
7 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 civil engineering required
- required, not held traffic engineering required
- required, not held traffic signs required
- optional, not held construction product regulation optional
- optional, not held national road network optional
- optional, not held asphalt mixes optional
- optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
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.