vehicle electronics installertovehicle maintenance attendant
A vehicle electronics installer already meets 24% of what the vehicle maintenance attendant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
70.7/ 100
1 Share of the vehicle maintenance attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vehicle electronics installer 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 vehicle maintenance attendant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a vehicle electronics installer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply health and safety standards
- perform manual work autonomously
- perform technical tasks with great care
What stands in the way is 11 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vehicle maintenance attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vehicle electronics installer background worth leading with.
- already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform manual work autonomously handling and moving
- already held mechanical tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held teamwork principles generic programmes and qualifications
- already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the vehicle maintenance attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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.
- required, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health required
- required, not held position vehicles for maintenance and repair required
- required, not held execute vehicle maintenance required
- required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
- required, not held maintain work area cleanliness required
- optional, not held fix minor vehicle scratches optional
- required, not held identify vehicles service requirements required
- required, not held ensure client orientation required
- required, not held execute working instructions required
- optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
- required, not held carry out improvised vehicle repairs required
- optional, not held perform minor vehicle repairs optional
- required, not held types of vehicles required
- required, not held car controls required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle records optional
- optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vehicle maintenance attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 car controls knowledge · sector specific
- 02 carry out improvised vehicle repairs skill · sector specific
- 03 follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held perform manual work autonomously skill
- already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held mechanical tools knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle records optional
- optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
- optional, not held perform minor vehicle repairs optional
- optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
- optional, not held fix minor vehicle scratches optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
11 held skills the vehicle maintenance attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- not needed by the target role install automotive electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install car electronics skill
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate audio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare warranty documents for audiology equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use specialised tools in electric repairs skill
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 car controls required
- required, not held types of vehicles required
Other moves recorded from vehicle electronics installer
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.