vessel engine inspectortoaircraft engine tester
A vessel engine inspector already meets 79% of what the aircraft engine tester role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
23.7/ 100
1 Share of the aircraft engine tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vessel engine inspector 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 aircraft engine tester role treats 15 of its required skills as things a vessel engine inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- conduct performance tests
- diagnose defective engines
- electromechanics
- engine components
- engineering processes
- evaluate engine performance
What stands in the way is 4 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft engine tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vessel engine inspector background worth leading with.
- already held position engine on test stand handling and moving
- already held diagnose defective engines information skills
- already held evaluate engine performance information skills
- already held re-assemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held disassemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operation of different engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 27 carried skills, including the 15 the aircraft engine tester role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 5 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 execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held inspect aircraft for airworthiness optional
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held aircraft mechanics required
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aircraft engine tester role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 common aviation safety regulations knowledge · sector specific
- 02 aircraft mechanics knowledge · cross sector
- 03 create solutions to problems skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held conduct performance tests skill
- already held diagnose defective engines skill
- already held electromechanics knowledge
- already held engine components knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held evaluate engine performance skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
- already held operation of different engines knowledge
- already held perform test run skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held disassemble engines skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held maintain test equipment skill
- already held manage maintenance operations skill
- already held position engine on test stand skill
- already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
- already held re-assemble engines skill
- already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held supervise work skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held inspect aircraft for airworthiness optional
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
11 held skills the aircraft engine tester role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act as contact person during equipment incident skill
- not needed by the target role apply vessel engine regulations skill
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role inspect vessel skill
- not needed by the target role inspect vessel manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform inspections required by international conventions skill
- not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports 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 common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held aircraft mechanics required
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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.