rolling stock assemblertomotor vehicle body assembler
A rolling stock assembler already meets 79% of what the motor vehicle body assembler role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
79%
23.5/ 100
1 Share of the motor vehicle body assembler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rolling stock assembler 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 motor vehicle body assembler role treats 14 of its required skills as things a rolling stock assembler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- align components
- apply health and safety standards
- assemble metal parts
- fasten components
- inspect quality of products
- mark processed workpiece
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A motor vehicle body assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rolling stock assembler background worth leading with.
- already held apply flux handling and moving
- already held work in assembly line teams communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply spot welding techniques constructing
- already held apply arc welding techniques constructing
- already held assemble metal parts handling and moving
- already held prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
All 29 carried skills, including the 14 the motor vehicle body assembler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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.
- required, not held mechanics of motor vehicles required
- optional, not held rivet types optional
- optional, not held tend CNC drilling machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC grinding machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC laser cutting machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC metal punch press optional
- optional, not held tend CNC milling machine optional
- optional, not held tend computer numerical control lathe machine optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
- optional, not held operate drill press optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
- optional, not held install windshields optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a motor vehicle body assembler 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 · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held align components skill
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held assemble metal parts skill
- already held fasten components skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held mark processed workpiece skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held work in assembly line teams skill
- already held apply arc welding techniques skill
- already held apply flux skill
- already held apply preliminary treatment to workpieces skill
- already held apply spot welding techniques skill
- already held cut metal products skill
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held manipulate metal skill
- already held operate lifting equipment skill
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held prepare pieces for joining skill
- already held set up automotive robot skill
- already held use power tools skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install windshields optional
- optional, not held operate drill press optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held rivet types optional
- optional, not held tend CNC drilling machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC grinding machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC laser cutting machine optional
- optional, not held tend CNC metal punch press optional
- optional, not held tend CNC milling machine optional
- optional, not held tend computer numerical control lathe machine optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
18 held skills the motor vehicle body assembler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European Train Control System knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role control compliance of railway vehicles regulations skill
- not needed by the target role couple bogies to rail vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role ensure maintenance of trains skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install low voltage wiring skill
- not needed by the target role install pneumatic systems skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role locomotive brake applications knowledge
- not needed by the target role lubricate rolling stock wheels skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of trains knowledge
- not needed by the target role metal thermal conductivity knowledge
- not needed by the target role record test data 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.
- required, not held mechanics of motor vehicles required
- optional, not held rivet types 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.