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

vehicle restoration techniciantovehicle maintenance attendant

A vehicle restoration technician already meets 41% of what the vehicle maintenance attendant role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From vehicle restoration technician
41%
Overlap1
To vehicle maintenance attendant
10 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
57.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.2/ 100

1 Share of the vehicle maintenance attendant 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 vehicle maintenance attendant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a vehicle restoration technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • car controls
  • ensure client orientation
  • maintain work area cleanliness
  • perform manual work autonomously
  • perform technical tasks with great care
  • types of vehicles

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 10 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 restoration technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform minor vehicle repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held maintain vehicle records information skills
  • already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held car controls services
  • already held perform manual work autonomously handling and moving
  • already held types of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the vehicle maintenance attendant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 handling and moving 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • 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
  • optional, not held fix minor vehicle scratches optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify vehicles service requirements required
  • required, not held execute working instructions required
  • optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held carry out improvised vehicle repairs required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held mechanical tools optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
  • optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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 car controls knowledge
  • already held ensure client orientation skill
  • already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • already held perform manual work autonomously skill
  • already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
  • already held types of vehicles knowledge
  • already held drive vehicles skill
  • already held maintain vehicle records skill
  • already held perform minor vehicle repairs skill
  • already held process payments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
08 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
  • optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
  • optional, not held fix minor vehicle scratches optional
  • optional, not held mechanical tools optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
22 held skills the vehicle maintenance attendant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assemble final product skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out repairs of convertible roof covers skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
  • 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 gather information to substitute parts skill
  • 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 measure parts of manufactured products skill
  • not needed by the target role parts pricing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform full leather conversions skill
  • not needed by the target role perform metal work skill
  • not needed by the target role perform upholstery repair skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customized upholstery skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase vehicle parts 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 use color matching techniques skill
3 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
  • optional, not held mechanical tools optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles 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.