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

rolling stock engine testertorolling stock assembly inspector

A rolling stock engine tester already meets 75% of what the rolling stock assembly inspector role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From rolling stock engine tester
75%
Overlap1
To rolling stock assembly inspector
23 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
27.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 27.6

This move: 27.6 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the rolling stock assembly inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rolling stock engine tester 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rolling stock assembly inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rolling stock engine tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations assisting and caring
  • already held mechanics of trains engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line handling and moving
  • already held manage maintenance operations management skills
  • already held lead inspections information skills
  • already held maintain test equipment constructing

All 23 carried skills, including the 12 the rolling stock assembly inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 5 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 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect manufacture of rolling stock required
  • required, not held inspect quality of products required
  • optional, not held monitor railway vehicles documentation optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage health and safety standards required
  • optional, not held act as contact person during equipment incident optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held write inspection reports required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Train Control System optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepare audit activities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a rolling stock assembly inspector 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 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct performance tests skill
  • already held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held mechanics of trains knowledge
  • already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held use technical documentation skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held electromechanics knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held lead inspections skill
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held maintain test equipment skill
  • already held manage maintenance operations skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held supervise work skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held monitor railway vehicles documentation optional
  • optional, not held European Train Control System optional
  • optional, not held act as contact person during equipment incident optional
  • optional, not held prepare audit activities optional
10 held skills the rolling stock assembly inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role diagnose defective engines skill
  • not needed by the target role disassemble engines skill
  • not needed by the target role engine components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate engine performance skill
  • not needed by the target role operate lifting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operation of different engines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role position engine on test stand skill
  • not needed by the target role re-assemble engines skill
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role write records for repairs 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
  • optional, not held European Train Control System 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.