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

vehicle restoration techniciantorefurbishing technician

A vehicle restoration technician already meets 50% of what the refurbishing technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From vehicle restoration technician
50%
Overlap1
To refurbishing technician
10 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
43.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.1/ 100

1 Share of the refurbishing technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vehicle restoration technician 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 refurbishing technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a vehicle restoration technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • electrical wiring plans
  • measure parts of manufactured products
  • perform metal work
  • perform technical tasks with great care

What stands in the way is 5 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A refurbishing technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vehicle restoration technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held gather information to substitute parts information skills
  • already held parts pricing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held purchase vehicle parts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform metal work constructing
  • already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held perform manual work autonomously handling and moving

All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the refurbishing technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 2 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held vehicle electrical systems required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
  • optional, not held engine components optional
  • optional, not held mechanical tools optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held interpret technical requirements required
  • required, not held use technical documentation required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a refurbishing 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
  • already held measure parts of manufactured products skill
  • already held perform metal work skill
  • already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
  • already held drive vehicles skill
  • already held ensure client orientation skill
  • already held gather information to substitute parts skill
  • already held parts pricing knowledge
  • already held perform manual work autonomously skill
  • already held purchase vehicle parts skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held engine components optional
  • optional, not held mechanical tools optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
22 held skills the refurbishing technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assemble final product skill
  • not needed by the target role car controls knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out repairs of convertible roof covers skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure quality assurance standards for vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
  • not needed by the target role fabric types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
  • not needed by the target role leather products maintenance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain parts inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain vehicle records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role perform full leather conversions skill
  • not needed by the target role perform minor vehicle repairs skill
  • not needed by the target role perform upholstery repair skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customized upholstery skill
  • not needed by the target role repair door panels skill
  • not needed by the target role restore upholstery of classic cars skill
  • not needed by the target role types of paint knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of vehicle engines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of vehicles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use color matching techniques skill
6 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 vehicle electrical systems required
  • required, not held electrical engineering required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
  • optional, not held engine components optional
  • optional, not held mechanical tools optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from vehicle restoration technician

Full index of moves from vehicle restoration technician

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.