watch and clock repairertoconsumer electronics repair technician
A watch and clock repairer already meets 51% of what the consumer electronics repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
51%
50.3/ 100
1 Share of the consumer electronics repair technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the watch and clock repairer 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 consumer electronics repair technician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a watch and clock repairer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply company policies
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- provide customer follow-up services
- provide customer information related to repairs
- replace defect components
What stands in the way is 7 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A consumer electronics repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a watch and clock repairer background worth leading with.
- already held use repair manuals information skills
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep stock records information skills
- already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements communication, collaboration and creativity
All 18 carried skills, including the 7 the consumer electronics repair technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held set up consumer electronics required
- required, not held repair equipment on site required
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- required, not held consumer electronics required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held solve technical problems required
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a consumer electronics repair technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 set up consumer electronics skill · occupation specific
- 02 consumer electronics knowledge · sector specific
- 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held apply company policies skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held use repair manuals skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held keep stock records skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
- already held order supplies skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
22 held skills the consumer electronics repair technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
- not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
- not needed by the target role attach clock cases skill
- not needed by the target role attach clock dials skill
- not needed by the target role attach clock hands skill
- not needed by the target role attach clockwork skill
- not needed by the target role attach pendulums skill
- not needed by the target role change watch battery skill
- not needed by the target role components of clocks knowledge
- not needed by the target role demagnetise watches skill
- not needed by the target role electric clocks knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle jewellery and watches insurance claims skill
- not needed by the target role inspect clocks skill
- not needed by the target role maintain clocks skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical clocks knowledge
- not needed by the target role mount clock wheelwork skill
- not needed by the target role operate battery test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role repair clocks skill
- not needed by the target role restore antique clocks skill
- not needed by the target role sell clocks skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
- not needed by the target role use watchmaker's tools 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 consumer electronics required
- required, not held electronics required
Other moves recorded from watch and clock repairer
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.