textile machinery techniciantopneumatic systems technician
A textile machinery technician already meets 79% of what the pneumatic systems technician role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
20.7/ 100
1 Share of the pneumatic systems technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the textile machinery technician 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 pneumatic systems technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a textile machinery technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult technical resources
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install pneumatic systems
- mechanics
- operate soldering equipment
- perform test run
What stands in the way is 2 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pneumatic systems technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a textile machinery technician background worth leading with.
- already held install pneumatic systems constructing
- already held prepare compliance documents information skills
- already held pneumatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held solve technical problems working with computers
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
All 22 carried skills, including the 10 the pneumatic systems technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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.
- required, not held secure working area required
- required, not held read standard blueprints required
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a pneumatic systems 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 · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held install pneumatic systems skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held pneumatics knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- already held prepare compliance documents skill
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held solve technical problems skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held write records for repairs skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
39 held skills the pneumatic systems technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble machines skill
- not needed by the target role braiding technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role challenging issues in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
- not needed by the target role clean equipment skill
- not needed by the target role covert slivers into thread skill
- not needed by the target role dyeing technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the textile industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role install hydraulic systems skill
- not needed by the target role knitting machine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain footwear assembling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain hydraulic systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work standards skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture braided products skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture knitted textiles skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture man-made fibres skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture nonwoven staple products skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture staple yarns skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture texturised filament yarns skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture weft knitted fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture woven fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role nonwoven machine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform machine maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical training skill
- not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
- not needed by the target role staple spinning machine technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile finishing technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile industry machinery products knowledge
- not needed by the target role textile printing technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role use textile finishing machine technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use warp knitting technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use warp preparation technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use weaving machine technologies skill
- not needed by the target role use weft preparation technologies skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
Other moves recorded from textile machinery technician
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.