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

transport plannertotransport engineer

A transport planner already meets 18% of what the transport engineer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From transport planner
18%
Overlap1
To transport engineer
7 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
78.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.3/ 100

1 Share of the transport engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the transport planner 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 transport engineer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a transport planner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • civil engineering
  • promote the use of sustainable transport
  • urban planning

What stands in the way is 17 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A transport engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a transport planner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse transport studies information skills
  • already held simulate transport problems working with computers
  • already held traffic engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held promote the use of sustainable transport communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held urban planning law business, administration and law
  • already held urban planning engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the transport engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 10 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • required, not held transportation engineering required
  • optional, not held environmental engineering optional
  • optional, not held safety engineering optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply transportation management concepts required
  • required, not held adjust engineering designs required
  • required, not held approve engineering design required
  • required, not held design transportation systems required
  • optional, not held promote innovative infrastructure design optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held road transport legislation required
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
  • optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held execute feasibility study optional
05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
06 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held transportation methods required
  • optional, not held health and safety regulations optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a transport 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held promote the use of sustainable transport skill
  • already held urban planning knowledge
  • already held analyse transport studies skill
  • already held simulate transport problems skill
  • already held traffic engineering knowledge
  • already held urban planning law knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
08 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held design principles required
09 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
10 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held mathematics required
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
  • optional, not held promote innovative infrastructure design optional
  • optional, not held environmental engineering optional
  • optional, not held execute feasibility study optional
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
  • optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
  • optional, not held safety engineering optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
42 held skills the transport engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse road traffic patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse transport business networks skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse transportation costs skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role carpooling services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
  • not needed by the target role develop urban transport studies skill
  • not needed by the target role educate public on road safety skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geographical routes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role identify statistical patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role implement route planning in smart mobility services skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate road accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage car park operations skill
  • not needed by the target role match vehicles with routes skill
  • not needed by the target role mobility as a service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor traffic flow skill
  • not needed by the target role parking regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare visual data skill
  • not needed by the target role promote public transport skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on train routes skill
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role rail infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
  • not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role restrict bridge traffic skill
  • not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role run preventive simulations skill
  • not needed by the target role statistical analysis system software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role study traffic flow skill

2 further entries not listed here

14 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 engineering processes required
  • required, not held road transport legislation required
  • required, not held transportation methods required
  • required, not held construction methods required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • required, not held transportation engineering required
  • optional, not held environmental engineering optional
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
  • optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
  • optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
  • optional, not held safety engineering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from transport planner

Full index of moves from transport planner

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.