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

surgical instrument makertomedical device assembler

A surgical instrument maker already meets 20% of what the medical device assembler role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From surgical instrument maker
20%
Overlap1
To medical device assembler
8 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
80.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance A rebuild

80.6/ 100

1 Share of the medical device assembler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the surgical instrument maker 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 medical device assembler role treats 6 of its required skills as things a surgical instrument maker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure conformity to specifications
  • maintain medical devices
  • manipulate medical devices materials
  • manufacture medical devices
  • medical devices materials
  • test medical devices

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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medical device assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a surgical instrument maker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manipulate stainless steel handling and moving
  • already held manipulate medical devices materials handling and moving
  • already held manufacture medical devices handling and moving
  • already held repair medical devices handling and moving
  • already held test medical devices information skills
  • already held medical devices materials health and welfare

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the medical device assembler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 46 missing skills fall into 11 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 handling and moving 6 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held align components required
  • required, not held assemble final product required
  • required, not held clean components during assembly required
  • required, not held fasten components required
  • required, not held remove defective products required
  • required, not held repackage medical equipment after sterilisation required
  • optional, not held maintain moulds optional
  • optional, not held construct moulds optional
  • optional, not held fill moulds optional
  • optional, not held use moulding techniques optional
  • optional, not held use precision tools optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor automated machines required
  • required, not held supply machine required
  • required, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation required
  • optional, not held maintain plastic machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate plastic machinery optional
  • optional, not held repair plastic machinery optional
  • optional, not held adjust manufacturing equipment optional
  • optional, not held finish plastic products optional
  • optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate machines for the rubber extrusion process optional
  • optional, not held operate precision machinery optional
  • optional, not held replace defect components optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
  • required, not held wear cleanroom suit required
  • optional, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits optional
04 health and welfare 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held medical devices required
  • required, not held sterilization techniques required
  • optional, not held biomedical engineering optional
05 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held read assembly drawings required
  • required, not held report defective manufacturing materials required
  • optional, not held interpret circuit diagrams optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held quality standards required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a medical device assembler 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
  • already held maintain medical devices skill
  • already held manipulate medical devices materials skill
  • already held manufacture medical devices skill
  • already held medical devices materials knowledge
  • already held test medical devices skill
  • already held manipulate stainless steel skill
  • already held repair medical devices skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held medical furniture optional
  • optional, not held types of plastic optional
  • optional, not held blow moulding optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held optical engineering optional
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held biomedical techniques optional
  • optional, not held plastic welding optional
  • optional, not held thermoplastic materials optional
10 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on medical products optional
  • optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
11 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply soldering techniques optional
29 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held medical furniture optional
  • optional, not held advise on medical products optional
  • optional, not held interpret circuit diagrams optional
  • optional, not held maintain moulds optional
  • optional, not held maintain plastic machinery optional
  • optional, not held operate plastic machinery optional
  • optional, not held repair plastic machinery optional
  • optional, not held types of plastic optional
  • optional, not held adjust manufacturing equipment optional
  • optional, not held apply soldering techniques optional
  • optional, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits optional
  • optional, not held biomedical engineering optional
  • optional, not held biomedical techniques optional
  • optional, not held blow moulding optional
  • optional, not held construct moulds optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held fill moulds optional
  • optional, not held finish plastic products optional
  • optional, not held maintain medical laboratory equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate machines for the rubber extrusion process optional
  • optional, not held operate precision machinery optional
  • optional, not held optical engineering optional
  • optional, not held plastic welding optional
  • optional, not held replace defect components optional
  • optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held thermoplastic materials optional
  • optional, not held use moulding techniques optional
  • optional, not held use precision tools optional
29 held skills the medical device assembler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble metal parts skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role cold forging knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electroplating processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role heat metals skill
  • not needed by the target role hot forging knowledge
  • not needed by the target role join metals skill
  • not needed by the target role metal smoothing technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sand blasting cabinet skill
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedic goods industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role scale etchings skill
  • not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
  • not needed by the target role spine surgery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surgical instruments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tend boring machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend electroplating machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend laser marking machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend lathe skill
  • not needed by the target role tend metal polishing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend metal sawing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend surface grinding machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend tumbling machine skill
  • not needed by the target role test accuracy of surgical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
13 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 medical devices required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • required, not held sterilization techniques required
  • optional, not held medical furniture optional
  • optional, not held types of plastic optional
  • optional, not held biomedical engineering optional
  • optional, not held biomedical techniques optional
  • optional, not held blow moulding optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held optical engineering optional
  • optional, not held plastic welding optional
  • optional, not held thermoplastic materials optional
Index

Other moves recorded from surgical instrument maker

Full index of moves from surgical instrument maker

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.