roadside vehicle techniciantovehicle restoration technician
A roadside vehicle technician already meets 30% of what the vehicle restoration technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
71/ 100
1 Share of the vehicle restoration technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the roadside vehicle 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.
Why this move works
A vehicle restoration technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a roadside vehicle technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- car controls
- ensure client orientation
- perform technical tasks with great care
- types of vehicle engines
- types of vehicles
What stands in the way is 12 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vehicle restoration technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a roadside vehicle technician background worth leading with.
- already held perform minor vehicle repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain vehicle records information skills
- already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held types of vehicle engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held car controls services
- already held perform manual work autonomously handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the vehicle restoration 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 perform full leather conversions required
- required, not held restore upholstery of classic cars required
- required, not held perform upholstery repair required
- required, not held assemble final product required
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
- required, not held estimate restoration costs required
- required, not held measure parts of manufactured products required
- optional, not held gather information to substitute parts optional
- optional, not held maintain parts inventory optional
- required, not held provide customized upholstery required
- required, not held use color matching techniques required
- optional, not held purchase vehicle parts optional
- required, not held carry out repairs of convertible roof covers required
- required, not held repair door panels required
- required, not held ensure quality assurance standards for vehicles required
- optional, not held process payments optional
- required, not held guarantee customer satisfaction required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vehicle restoration technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out repairs of convertible roof covers skill · occupation specific
- 02 perform full leather conversions skill · occupation specific
- 03 repair door panels skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held car controls knowledge
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
- already held types of vehicle engines knowledge
- already held types of vehicles knowledge
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
- already held maintain vehicle records skill
- already held perform manual work autonomously skill
- already held perform minor vehicle repairs skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held leather products maintenance optional
- optional, not held parts pricing optional
- optional, not held fabric types optional
- optional, not held perform metal work optional
- optional, not held types of paint optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held gather information to substitute parts optional
- optional, not held leather products maintenance optional
- optional, not held maintain parts inventory optional
- optional, not held parts pricing optional
- optional, not held purchase vehicle parts optional
- optional, not held fabric types optional
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
- optional, not held perform metal work optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held types of paint optional
26 held skills the vehicle restoration technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to new technology used in cars skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on usage of vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role carry out repair of motorcycles skill
- not needed by the target role carry out repair of vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role carry out repairs and maintenance of vehicle bodies skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role fix minor vehicle scratches skill
- not needed by the target role identify vehicles service requirements skill
- not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
- not needed by the target role maintain motorcycle records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle appearance skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate towtruck skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle breakdown support skill
- not needed by the target role perform defensive driving skill
- not needed by the target role perform road testing of vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role provide customer information related to repairs skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role repair vehicle electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held leather products maintenance optional
- optional, not held parts pricing optional
- optional, not held fabric types optional
- optional, not held types of paint optional
Other moves recorded from roadside vehicle technician
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.