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

road sign installertoroad marker

A road sign installer already meets 45% of what the road marker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From road sign installer
45%
Overlap1
To road marker
13 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
53.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 53.4

This move: 53.4 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the road marker 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road marker 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held road signage standards services
  • already held place temporary road signage management skills
  • already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
  • already held interpret 2D plans information skills
  • already held interpret 3D plans information skills
  • already held process incoming construction supplies information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the road marker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held dispose of hazardous waste required
  • required, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste required
  • optional, not held carry out pressure washing activities optional
  • optional, not held mix paint optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held inspect paintwork required
  • required, not held inspect asphalt required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held operate road marking machine required
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held drive mobile heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate motorised street sweeping machine optional
04 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held paint with a paint gun required
  • optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held work safely with chemicals required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held types of paint required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road marker 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 traffic laws knowledge
  • already held use safety equipment in construction skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held interpret 2D plans skill
  • already held interpret 3D plans skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held process incoming construction supplies skill
  • already held road signage standards knowledge
  • already held work in a construction team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held carry out pressure washing activities optional
  • optional, not held drive mobile heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held mix paint optional
  • optional, not held operate motorised street sweeping machine optional
  • optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
12 held skills the road marker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role handle fragile items skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect construction sites skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect road signs skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret traffic signals 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 remove road surface skill
  • not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
2 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 types of paint required
  • optional, not held types of asphalt coverings optional
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.