agricultural equipment design engineertotooling engineer
A agricultural equipment design engineer already meets 72% of what the tooling engineer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
35.6/ 100
1 Share of the tooling engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the agricultural equipment design 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 this move works
A tooling engineer role treats 23 of its required skills as things a agricultural equipment design engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAD software
- CAE software
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- create a product's virtual model
- determine production feasibility
What stands in the way is 5 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tooling engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a agricultural equipment design engineer background worth leading with.
- already held determine production capacity information skills
- already held reverse engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held determine production feasibility information skills
- already held monitor production developments information skills
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
- already held plan manufacturing processes management skills
All 32 carried skills, including the 23 the tooling engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 10 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 quality and cycle time optimisation required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- required, not held physics required
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- required, not held multimedia systems required
- required, not held build a product's physical model required
- required, not held ICT software specifications required
- optional, not held advise customers on new equipment optional
- optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tooling engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT software specifications knowledge · sector specific
- 02 build a product's physical model skill · cross sector
- 03 multimedia systems knowledge · 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 32 skills that carry over
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held create a product's virtual model skill
- already held determine production feasibility skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held estimate duration of work skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held industrial engineering knowledge
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held production processes knowledge
- already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held reverse engineering knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held determine production capacity skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held material mechanics knowledge
- already held monitor production developments skill
- already held plan manufacturing processes skill
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held use CAM software skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
- optional, not held set production facilities standards optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held advise customers on new equipment optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held set production facilities standards optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
15 held skills the tooling engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
- not needed by the target role agricultural chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role agricultural equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role blueprints knowledge
- not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role legislation in agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain rotating equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- not needed by the target role sustainable agricultural production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
6 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 ICT software specifications required
- required, not held multimedia systems required
- required, not held physics required
- required, not held quality and cycle time optimisation required
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
Other moves recorded from agricultural equipment design engineer
- fluid power engineer 81% covered · adjacent
- industrial tool design engineer 73% covered · moderate
- agricultural engineer 59% covered · moderate
- surface engineer 55% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from agricultural equipment design engineer
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.