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

toymakertoconsumer electronics repair technician

A toymaker already meets 44% of what the consumer electronics repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From toymaker
44%
Overlap1
To consumer electronics repair technician
16 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
56 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56/ 100

1 Share of the consumer electronics repair technician 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

Why this move works

A consumer electronics repair technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a toymaker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • electronics
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain equipment
  • provide customer follow-up services
  • replace defect components
  • use repair manuals

What stands in the way is 8 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A consumer electronics repair technician 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use repair manuals information skills
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held keep stock records information skills
  • already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held negotiate supplier arrangements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 6 the consumer electronics repair technician role treats as required.

Table 3

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held provide customer information related to repairs required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
  • optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held set up consumer electronics required
  • required, not held repair equipment on site required
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply company policies required
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held consumer electronics required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held solve technical problems required
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a consumer electronics repair 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held provide customer follow-up services skill
  • already held replace defect components skill
  • already held use repair manuals skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held keep stock records skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
  • already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
  • already held order supplies skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
08 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held report to the team leader optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
  • optional, not held report to the team leader optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
60 held skills the consumer electronics repair technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhesives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply a protective layer skill
  • 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 plastic 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 create smooth wood surface skill
  • 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 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 finish plastic products 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 join metals skill
  • not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plastic machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate metal skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate plastic skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate wood 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 operate battery test equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate handheld riveting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate plastic machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sandblaster skill
  • not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate wood sawing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role pack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role perform toys finishing skill

20 further entries not listed here

1 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 consumer electronics required
Index

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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.