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

smart home engineertosmart home installer

A smart home engineer already meets 36% of what the smart home installer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From smart home engineer
36%
Overlap1
To smart home installer
11 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
66.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.4/ 100

1 Share of the smart home installer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the smart home engineer 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 smart home installer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a smart home engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • Internet of Things
  • alarm systems
  • assess integrated domotics systems
  • building automation
  • building systems monitoring technology
  • domotic systems

What stands in the way is 17 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A smart home installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a smart home engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held alarm systems services
  • already held domotic systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held types of alarm systems services
  • already held assess integrated domotics systems information skills
  • already held building automation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held building systems monitoring technology engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the smart home installer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electrical household appliances products required
  • required, not held electrical wiring plans required
  • required, not held electricity required
  • required, not held mechanical systems required
  • required, not held solar products required
  • optional, not held electronic locks optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held advise customers on smart homes technology required
  • required, not held install lighting required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held install electric switches required
  • required, not held install electrical and electronic equipment required
  • required, not held install electrical household appliances required
04 constructing 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held install smart devices required
  • required, not held inspect electrical supplies required
  • optional, not held install plumbing systems optional
05 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
  • required, not held provide door security required
06 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held cameras required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a smart home installer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held Internet of Things knowledge
  • already held alarm systems knowledge
  • already held assess integrated domotics systems skill
  • already held building automation knowledge
  • already held building systems monitoring technology knowledge
  • already held domotic systems knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held sensors knowledge
  • already held smart grids systems knowledge
  • already held types of alarm systems knowledge
  • already held artificial lighting systems knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held read standard blueprints required
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held program home alarm systems optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held electronic locks optional
  • optional, not held program home alarm systems optional
  • optional, not held install plumbing systems optional
33 held skills the smart home installer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C# knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role building information modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role computer engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role create CAD drawings skill
  • not needed by the target role design a domotic system in buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role design application interfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design electronic systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instruct on energy saving technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role programmable logic controller knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to hatcheries skill
  • not needed by the target role select sustainable technologies in design skill
  • not needed by the target role support ICT system users skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
7 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 electrical household appliances products required
  • required, not held cameras required
  • required, not held electrical wiring plans required
  • required, not held electricity required
  • required, not held mechanical systems required
  • required, not held solar products required
  • optional, not held electronic locks 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.