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

transport engineertoequipment engineer

A transport engineer already meets 34% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From transport engineer
34%
Overlap1
To equipment engineer
9 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
64.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.1/ 100

1 Share of the equipment engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the transport engineer 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 equipment engineer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a transport engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations
  • execute feasibility study
  • mathematics
  • technical drawings

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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a transport engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held execute feasibility study information skills
  • already held design principles arts and humanities
  • already held execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
  • already held use technical drawing software working with computers
  • already held use CAD software working with computers
  • already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the equipment engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret technical requirements required
  • required, not held assess financial viability required
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held analyse test data optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held record test data optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
03 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • required, not held manage engineering project required
  • optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held manage product testing optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held product data management optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held use testing equipment optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held design prototypes optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a equipment engineer 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • already held execute feasibility study skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held design principles knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
  • optional, not held analyse test data optional
  • optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held design prototypes optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage product testing optional
  • optional, not held product data management optional
  • optional, not held record test data optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
  • optional, not held use testing equipment optional
24 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse transport studies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply transportation management concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design transportation systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • not needed by the target role green logistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role multimodal transport logistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote innovative infrastructure design skill
  • not needed by the target role promote the use of sustainable transport skill
  • not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role simulate transport problems skill
  • not needed by the target role traffic engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role transportation engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role urban planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
11 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 project management required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held product data management optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from transport engineer

Full index of moves from transport engineer

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.