statistical assistanttometeorology technician
A statistical assistant already meets 29% of what the meteorology technician role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
70.5/ 100
1 Share of the meteorology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the statistical assistant 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 meteorology technician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a statistical assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- assist scientific research
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- mathematics
- perform scientific research
What stands in the way is 15 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A meteorology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a statistical assistant background worth leading with.
- already held assist scientific research communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write technical reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques information skills
- already held apply scientific methods information skills
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
- already held statistics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the meteorology technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 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.
- required, not held carry out meteorological research required
- required, not held review meteorological forecast data required
- required, not held use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions required
- required, not held collect weather-related data required
- required, not held use specialised computer models for weather forecasting required
- optional, not held analyse scientific data optional
- optional, not held analyse weather forecast optional
- optional, not held conduct research on climate processes optional
- optional, not held manage meteorological database optional
- optional, not held study aerial photos optional
- required, not held operate meteorological instruments required
- required, not held operate precision measuring equipment required
- required, not held operate remote sensing equipment required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- required, not held climatology required
- required, not held meteorology required
- required, not held precision measuring instruments required
- required, not held calibrate optical instruments required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a meteorology technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out meteorological research skill · sector specific
- 02 review meteorological forecast data skill · sector specific
- 03 use geographic information systems 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply scientific methods skill
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held write technical reports skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held statistics knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held advise on weather-related issues optional
- optional, not held create weather maps optional
- optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
- optional, not held write scientific publications optional
- optional, not held write weather briefing optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on weather-related issues optional
- optional, not held analyse scientific data optional
- optional, not held analyse weather forecast optional
- optional, not held conduct research on climate processes optional
- optional, not held create weather maps optional
- optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held manage meteorological database optional
- optional, not held study aerial photos optional
- optional, not held write scientific publications optional
- optional, not held write weather briefing optional
29 held skills the meteorology technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role algorithms knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
- not needed by the target role compile statistical data for insurance purposes skill
- not needed by the target role conduct financial surveys skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role data quality assessment knowledge
- not needed by the target role data science knowledge
- not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
- not needed by the target role design questionnaires skill
- not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
- not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
- not needed by the target role gather data skill
- not needed by the target role identify statistical patterns skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role process data skill
- not needed by the target role produce statistical financial records skill
- not needed by the target role quantitative analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role research design knowledge
- not needed by the target role revise questionnaires skill
- not needed by the target role statistical analysis system software knowledge
- not needed by the target role statistical modeling techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role survey techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role tabulate survey results skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
3 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 climatology required
- required, not held meteorology required
- required, not held precision measuring instruments required
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.