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

ski lift operatortotramways technician

A ski lift operator already meets 26% of what the tramways technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ski lift operator
26%
Overlap1
To tramways technician
3 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
62.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.4/ 100

1 Share of the tramways technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ski lift operator 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 tramways technician role treats 3 of its required skills as things a ski lift operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure equipment availability
  • maintain equipment
  • perform minor repairs to equipment

What stands in the way is 7 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tramways technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ski lift operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held maintain equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held ensure equipment availability management skills

All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the tramways technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure equipment maintenance required
  • required, not held manage emergency procedures required
  • required, not held plan maintenance activities required
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow procedures in the event of an alarm required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held coordinate with tram maintenance department required
04 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held operational tactics for emergency responses required
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held mechanical composition of trams required
06 constructing 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain core parts optional
  • optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
  • optional, not held control minor maintenance optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tramways 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 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintenance operations optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain core parts optional
  • optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
  • optional, not held control minor maintenance optional
  • optional, not held maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
9 held skills the tramways technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role handle equipment while suspended skill
  • not needed by the target role install lift controller skill
  • not needed by the target role install lift governor skill
  • not needed by the target role lift safety legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lift safety mechanisms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role resolve equipment malfunctions skill
  • not needed by the target role test lift operation skill
  • not needed by the target role types of lifts knowledge
3 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 mechanical composition of trams required
  • required, not held operational tactics for emergency responses required
  • optional, not held maintenance operations optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ski lift operator

Full index of moves from ski lift operator

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.