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

aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul techniciantoaircraft engine tester

A aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician already meets 76% of what the aircraft engine tester role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician
76%
Overlap1
To aircraft engine tester
23 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
25.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 25.8

This move: 25.8 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the aircraft engine tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft engine tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held position engine on test stand handling and moving
  • already held diagnose defective engines information skills
  • already held evaluate engine performance information skills
  • already held re-assemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held disassemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 23 carried skills, including the 16 the aircraft engine tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft for airworthiness optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
02 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform test run required
  • optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
04 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
  • optional, not held supervise work optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held send faulty equipment back to assembly line optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aircraft engine tester 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 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held aircraft mechanics knowledge
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held conduct performance tests skill
  • already held diagnose defective engines skill
  • already held electromechanics knowledge
  • already held engine components knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held evaluate engine performance skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • already held operation of different engines knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held use technical documentation skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held disassemble engines skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held operate lifting equipment skill
  • already held position engine on test stand skill
  • already held re-assemble engines skill
  • already held write records for repairs skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft for airworthiness optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
  • optional, not held send faulty equipment back to assembly line optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
  • optional, not held supervise work optional
17 held skills the aircraft engine tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust tightness of engine parts skill
  • not needed by the target role align components skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role bolt engine parts skill
  • not needed by the target role fasten components skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
  • not needed by the target role operate handheld riveting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role recognise signs of corrosion skill
  • not needed by the target role repair engines skill
  • not needed by the target role rivet types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tend riveting machine skill
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
  • not needed by the target role use power tools skill
  • not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
1 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
  • optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
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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.