rubber technologisttomaterial testing technician
A rubber technologist already meets 29% of what the material testing technician role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
65.6/ 100
1 Share of the material testing technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rubber technologist 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 material testing technician role treats 3 of its required skills as things a rubber technologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- quality standards
- record test data
What stands in the way is 10 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 material testing technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rubber technologist background worth leading with.
- already held rubber technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held analyse stress resistance of materials information skills
- already held develop material testing procedures information skills
- already held assist scientific research communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate scientific measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held provide technical expertise communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the material testing technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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 laboratory tests required
- required, not held use testing equipment required
- optional, not held use non-destructive testing equipment optional
- required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
- required, not held wear appropriate protective gear required
- required, not held report test findings required
- optional, not held conduct soil sample tests optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- required, not held collect samples required
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
- required, not held advanced materials required
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- required, not held maintain test equipment required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a material testing technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advanced materials knowledge · sector specific
- 02 apply safety procedures in laboratory skill · sector specific
- 03 collect samples skill · sector 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 operate scientific measuring equipment skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held analyse stress resistance of materials skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held develop material testing procedures skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held physics knowledge
- already held provide technical expertise skill
- already held rubber technology knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held materials engineering required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct soil sample tests optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held use non-destructive testing equipment optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
23 held skills the material testing technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role adjust the rubber machines skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role analytical chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role basic chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop green compounding solutions skill
- not needed by the target role develop rubber compound formulas skill
- not needed by the target role handle chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact of operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage rubber products development skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role polymer chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role polymerisation knowledge
- not needed by the target role propose alternative rubber compound ingredients skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role synthetic materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role test chemical samples skill
- not needed by the target role test materials skill
- not needed by the target role use hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role write technical reports skill
5 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 advanced materials required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- required, not held materials engineering required
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry 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.