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

agricultural engineertoagricultural equipment design engineer

A agricultural engineer already meets 48% of what the agricultural equipment design engineer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From agricultural engineer
48%
Overlap1
To agricultural equipment design engineer
17 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
57.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.1/ 100

1 Share of the agricultural equipment design engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the agricultural engineer 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 agricultural equipment design engineer role treats 15 of its required skills as things a agricultural engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • approve engineering design
  • e-agriculture
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • execute feasibility study

What stands in the way is 10 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A agricultural equipment design engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a agricultural engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held legislation in agriculture business, administration and law
  • already held sustainable agricultural production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held e-agriculture agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held execute feasibility study information skills
  • already held design prototypes communication, collaboration and creativity

All 17 carried skills, including the 15 the agricultural equipment design engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 11 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held industrial engineering required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held blueprints optional
  • optional, not held material mechanics optional
  • optional, not held reverse engineering optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required
  • required, not held agricultural chemicals required
  • required, not held mathematics required
03 information skills 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held read engineering drawings required
  • optional, not held determine production capacity optional
  • optional, not held determine production feasibility optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held monitor production developments optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on safety improvements required
  • optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
05 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
  • optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
  • optional, not held use CAM software optional
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held CAD software required
  • optional, not held CAE software optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a agricultural equipment design engineer 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held e-agriculture knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held execute feasibility study skill
  • already held legislation in agriculture knowledge
  • already held mechanical engineering knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held sustainable agricultural production principles knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held maintain agricultural machinery skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required
  • required, not held agricultural equipment required
08 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage supplies optional
  • optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
09 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings optional
10 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain rotating equipment optional
11 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate agricultural machinery optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain rotating equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate agricultural machinery optional
  • optional, not held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings optional
  • optional, not held CAE software optional
  • optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held blueprints optional
  • optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
  • optional, not held determine production capacity optional
  • optional, not held determine production feasibility optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held manage supplies optional
  • optional, not held material mechanics optional
  • optional, not held monitor production developments optional
  • optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
  • optional, not held reverse engineering optional
  • optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
  • optional, not held use CAM software optional
27 held skills the agricultural equipment design engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on irrigation projects skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role climate smart agriculture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
  • not needed by the target role control production skill
  • not needed by the target role create technical plans skill
  • not needed by the target role design an artificial lighting system skill
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop agricultural policies skill
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrated food-energy systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role oversee construction project skill
  • not needed by the target role perform test run skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role product data management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to farmers skill
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role research improvement of crop yields skill
  • not needed by the target role use agronomic modelling skill
11 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 agricultural equipment required
  • required, not held CAD software required
  • required, not held agricultural chemicals required
  • required, not held industrial engineering required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • optional, not held CAE software optional
  • optional, not held blueprints optional
  • optional, not held material mechanics optional
  • optional, not held reverse engineering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from agricultural engineer

Full index of moves from agricultural engineer

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.