toymakertobrush maker
A toymaker already meets 57% of what the brush maker role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
44.5/ 100
1 Share of the brush maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the toymaker 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 brush maker role treats 7 of its required skills as things a toymaker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply a protective layer
- create smooth wood surface
- manipulate plastic
- manipulate wood
- operate plastic machinery
- operate wood sawing equipment
What stands in the way is 4 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A brush maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a toymaker background worth leading with.
- already held types of brushes services
- already held assemble plastic parts handling and moving
- already held repair plastic machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate plastic machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain plastic machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held finish plastic products working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the brush maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 5 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 insert bristles required
- required, not held sand wood required
- optional, not held prepare animal materials for brush bristles optional
- optional, not held manipulate stainless steel optional
- optional, not held dye wood optional
- optional, not held replace sawing blade on machine optional
- optional, not held stain wood optional
- required, not held operate drill press required
- optional, not held covert slivers into thread optional
- optional, not held manufacture staple yarns optional
- optional, not held manufacture texturised filament yarns optional
- required, not held bristles required
- optional, not held maintain drilling equipment optional
- optional, not held types of sawing blades optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a brush maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 bristles knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 insert bristles skill · occupation specific
- 03 operate drill press skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held create smooth wood surface skill
- already held manipulate plastic skill
- already held manipulate wood skill
- already held operate plastic machinery skill
- already held operate wood sawing equipment skill
- already held types of brushes knowledge
- already held assemble plastic parts skill
- already held finish plastic products skill
- already held maintain plastic machinery skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held properties of textile materials knowledge
- already held repair plastic machinery skill
- already held types of plastic knowledge
- already held types of wood knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held prepare animal materials for brush bristles optional
- optional, not held covert slivers into thread optional
- optional, not held maintain drilling equipment optional
- optional, not held manipulate stainless steel optional
- optional, not held manufacture staple yarns optional
- optional, not held manufacture texturised filament yarns optional
- optional, not held dye wood optional
- optional, not held replace sawing blade on machine optional
- optional, not held stain wood optional
- optional, not held types of sawing blades optional
61 held skills the brush maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhesives knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply stitching techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assemble electronic units skill
- not needed by the target role assemble metal parts skill
- not needed by the target role assemble toys skill
- not needed by the target role casting processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role cut textiles skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate functionality of toys and games skill
- not needed by the target role develop product design skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
- not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
- not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs of antique items skill
- not needed by the target role extract products from moulds skill
- not needed by the target role heat metals skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role inspect toys and games for damage skill
- not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
- not needed by the target role join metals skill
- not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate metal skill
- not needed by the target role manual cutting processes for leather knowledge
- not needed by the target role mark designs on metal pieces skill
- not needed by the target role metal smoothing technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role operate battery test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate handheld riveting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate sandblaster skill
- not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
21 further entries not listed here
2 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 bristles required
- optional, not held types of sawing blades optional
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.