tool pushertorefinery shift manager
A tool pusher already meets 17% of what the refinery shift manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
74.6/ 100
1 Share of the refinery shift manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tool pusher 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 refinery shift manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a tool pusher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- manage staff
- plan shifts of employees
- present reports
What stands in the way is 12 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A refinery shift manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tool pusher background worth leading with.
- already held plan shifts of employees management skills
- already held present reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage staff management skills
All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the refinery shift manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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 monitor distillation processes required
- required, not held verify oil circulation required
- required, not held keep task records required
- optional, not held analyse oil operations data optional
- optional, not held perform oil tests optional
- required, not held manage emergency procedures required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held manage heavy equipment optional
- required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held think proactively optional
- required, not held verify distillation safety required
- required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
- required, not held chemistry required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- required, not held electricity required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a refinery shift manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill · sector specific
- 02 monitor distillation processes skill · sector specific
- 03 verify distillation safety 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 3 skills that carry over
- already held manage staff skill
- already held plan shifts of employees skill
- already held present reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held set equipment controls required
- optional, not held operate distillation equipment optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse oil operations data optional
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held operate distillation equipment optional
- optional, not held perform oil tests optional
- optional, not held manage heavy equipment optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held think proactively optional
11 held skills the refinery shift manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role install oil rig skill
- not needed by the target role manage mining plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor oil rig costs skill
- not needed by the target role oil rig legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan rig moves skill
- not needed by the target role plan rig operations skill
- not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise worker safety skill
- not needed by the target role supply rigging equipment 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 chemistry required
- required, not held electricity required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
Other moves recorded from tool pusher
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.