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

rolling stock engineering techniciantoaerospace engineering technician

A rolling stock engineering technician already meets 79% of what the aerospace engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From rolling stock engineering technician
79%
Overlap1
To aerospace engineering technician
40 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
27.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

79%

Learning distance Short step

27.6/ 100

1 Share of the aerospace engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rolling stock engineering 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

Why this move works

A aerospace engineering technician role treats 14 of its required skills as things a rolling stock engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAE software
  • ICT software specifications
  • adjust engineering designs
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aerospace engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rolling stock engineering technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held write stress-strain analysis reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform physical stress tests on models information skills
  • already held analyse stress resistance of products information skills
  • already held position engine on test stand handling and moving
  • already held assess operating cost information skills
  • already held inspect data information skills

All 40 carried skills, including the 14 the aerospace engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation required
  • required, not held follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held aircraft mechanics required
  • optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
  • optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
04 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held defense system optional
  • optional, not held stealth technology optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aerospace engineering technician 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 40 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAE software knowledge
  • already held ICT software specifications knowledge
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held material mechanics knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held multimedia systems knowledge
  • already held physics knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • already held analyse stress resistance of products skill
  • already held assess operating cost skill
  • already held calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • already held disassemble engines skill
  • already held disassemble equipment skill
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held follow production schedule skill
  • already held guarantee customer satisfaction skill
  • already held inspect data skill
  • already held manage health and safety standards skill
  • already held manage supplies skill
  • already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held oversee quality control skill
  • already held perform physical stress tests on models skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held plan manufacturing processes skill
  • already held position engine on test stand skill
  • already held re-assemble engines skill
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held write inspection reports skill
  • already held write stress-strain analysis reports skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held defense system optional
  • optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
  • optional, not held stealth technology optional
  • optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
  • optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
16 held skills the aerospace engineering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess railway operations skill
  • not needed by the target role check for defects in railcars skill
  • not needed by the target role control compliance of railway vehicles regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure maintenance of railway machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure maintenance of trains skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect manufacture of rolling stock skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of rail track parts skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ride parts inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanics of trains knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor railway vehicles documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor vehicle fleet operations skill
  • not needed by the target role operate railway freight monitoring technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform maintenance work on rail tracks skill
  • not needed by the target role perform wagon coupling skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare railway technical studies skill
  • not needed by the target role product data management knowledge
8 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 common aviation safety regulations required
  • required, not held aircraft mechanics required
  • optional, not held defense system optional
  • optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
  • optional, not held stealth technology optional
  • optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
  • optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from rolling stock engineering technician

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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.