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

watch and clock repairertohousehold appliances repair technician

A watch and clock repairer already meets 44% of what the household appliances repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From watch and clock repairer
44%
Overlap1
To household appliances repair technician
18 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
58.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.1/ 100

1 Share of the household appliances 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

Why this move works

A household appliances 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 9 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A household appliances 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 household appliances repair technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held repair household appliances required
  • required, not held install electrical household appliances required
  • required, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held electrical household appliances products required
  • required, not held manufacturer's instructions for electrical household appliances required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held sell household appliances optional
  • optional, not held advise on electrical household appliances' installation optional
  • optional, not held explain features of electrical household appliances optional
  • optional, not held sell service contracts for electrical household appliances 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
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions required
  • optional, not held report to the team leader optional
  • optional, not held prepare warranty documents for electrical household appliances optional
05 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment required
06 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held lift heavy weights required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a household appliances repair 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held solve technical problems optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held sell household appliances optional
  • optional, not held advise on electrical household appliances' installation optional
  • optional, not held explain features of electrical household appliances optional
  • optional, not held report to the team leader optional
  • optional, not held sell service contracts for electrical household appliances 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 make independent operating decisions optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
  • optional, not held prepare warranty documents for electrical household appliances optional
  • optional, not held solve technical problems optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
22 held skills the household appliances repair technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held electrical household appliances products required
  • required, not held manufacturer's instructions for electrical household appliances required
Index

Other moves recorded from watch and clock repairer

Full index of moves from watch and clock repairer

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.