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A aircraft assembly inspector already meets 81% of what the aircraft engine inspector role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 24.4 of 100 · adjacent
1 Share of the aircraft engine inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aircraft assembly inspector 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft engine inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aircraft assembly inspector background worth leading with.
- already held inspect aircraft manufacturing information skills
- already held inspect aircraft for airworthiness information skills
- already held act as contact person during equipment incident assisting and caring
- already held issue licences assisting and caring
- already held prepare audit activities management skills
- already held aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 30 carried skills, including the 17 the aircraft engine inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 5 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 operation of different engines required
- required, not held engine components required
- required, not held evaluate engine performance required
- optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held disassemble engines optional
- optional, not held re-assemble engines optional
- optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
- optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aircraft engine inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 evaluate engine performance skill · sector specific
- 02 operation of different engines knowledge · sector specific
- 03 engine components 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 30 skills that carry over
- already held aircraft mechanics knowledge
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held conduct performance tests skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held electromechanics knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held inspect aircraft manufacturing skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
- already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held write inspection reports skill
- already held act as contact person during equipment incident skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held inspect aircraft for airworthiness skill
- already held issue licences skill
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held maintain test equipment skill
- already held manage maintenance operations skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held prepare audit activities skill
- already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held supervise work skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
- optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
- optional, not held disassemble engines optional
- optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
- optional, not held re-assemble engines optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
2 held skills the aircraft engine inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role defense system knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
3 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 operation of different engines required
- required, not held engine components required
- optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
Other moves recorded from aircraft assembly inspector
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.