Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a thermal engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a thermal engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Thermal engineers design systems which provide heating or cooling, using thermodynamics, that transfer heat or energy through liquids and gases. They also construct these systems, and perform test to ensure proper functionality.

Professionals 54 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: fluid power engineer, 46%

fluid power engineer 46% covered heating, ventilation, air con… 44% covered agricultural engineer 42% covered container equipment design en… 42% covered steam engineer 42% covered thermal engineer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from thermal engineer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a thermal engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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thermal engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a thermal engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.