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

aircraft de-icer installertoaircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician

A aircraft de-icer installer already meets 56% of what the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aircraft de-icer installer
56%
Overlap1
To aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician
19 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
48.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.5/ 100

1 Share of the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aircraft de-icer installer 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 aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role treats 13 of its required skills as things a aircraft de-icer installer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • aircraft mechanics
  • align components
  • apply health and safety standards
  • common aviation safety regulations
  • fasten components
  • mechanics

What stands in the way is 7 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aircraft de-icer installer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • already held use power tools handling and moving
  • already held align components handling and moving
  • already held fasten components handling and moving
  • already held conduct performance tests constructing

All 19 carried skills, including the 13 the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held disassemble engines required
  • required, not held re-assemble engines required
  • required, not held bolt engine parts required
  • optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
  • optional, not held repair engines optional
  • optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
  • optional, not held use testing equipment optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operation of different engines required
  • required, not held engine components required
  • optional, not held rivet types optional
03 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held recognise signs of corrosion required
  • optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
  • optional, not held evaluate engine performance optional
  • optional, not held write records for repairs optional
  • optional, not held record test data optional
04 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust tightness of engine parts required
  • optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
05 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
  • optional, not held operate handheld riveting equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held aircraft mechanics knowledge
  • already held align components skill
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held fasten components skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use power tools skill
  • already held use technical documentation skill
  • already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
  • already held conduct performance tests skill
  • already held electromechanics knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
  • optional, not held evaluate engine performance optional
  • optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
  • optional, not held write records for repairs optional
  • optional, not held operate handheld riveting equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
  • optional, not held record test data optional
  • optional, not held repair engines optional
  • optional, not held rivet types optional
  • optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
  • optional, not held use testing equipment optional
6 held skills the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role electric current knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install bleed air systems skill
  • not needed by the target role install deicing boot skill
  • not needed by the target role install electrothermal de-icing systems skill
  • not needed by the target role install pneumatic systems skill
  • not needed by the target role pneumatics knowledge
3 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 operation of different engines required
  • required, not held engine components required
  • optional, not held rivet types optional
Index
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.