Alternative fuels engineer to fisheries engineering technician
An alternative fuels engineer already meets 41% of what the fisheries engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.5/ 100
1 How much of what a fisheries engineering technician is expected to do is already part of an alternative fuels engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the fisheries engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A fisheries engineering technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things an alternative fuels engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- engineering principles
- ensure vessel compliance with regulations
- mechanics
- mechanics of vessels
What stands in the way is 12 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fisheries engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an alternative fuels engineer background worth leading with.
- already held ensure vessel compliance with regulations assisting and caring
- already held use maritime English communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use technical drawing software working with computers
- already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the fisheries engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn fisheries legislation required
- still to learn fishing vessels required
- still to learn quality of fish products required
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
- still to learn engineering processes required
- still to learn mechanical engineering required
- still to learn pollution prevention required
- still to learn extinguish fires required
- still to learn survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment required
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
- still to learn international regulations for preventing collisions at sea required
- still to learn International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships required
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- still to learn mathematics required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fisheries engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 engineering processes study this
- 02 fisheries legislation study this
- 03 fishing vessels study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held ensure vessel compliance with regulations skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held mechanics of vessels knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use maritime English skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
- optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
- optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
- optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
- optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
67 held skills the fisheries engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role aerospace engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role alternative fuels knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse energy consumption skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of materials skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role assess hydrogen production technologies skill
- not needed by the target role aviation English knowledge
- not needed by the target role aviation standards and recommended practices knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery components knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery fluids knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role control compliance of railway vehicles regulations 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 electric power systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
- not needed by the target role disassemble engines skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role electrochemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy storage systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
- not needed by the target role fuel cell types knowledge
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
27 further entries not listed here
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn engineering processes required
- still to learn fisheries legislation required
- still to learn fishing vessels required
- still to learn international regulations for preventing collisions at sea required
- still to learn mechanical engineering required
- still to learn International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships required
- still to learn mathematics required
- still to learn pollution prevention required
- still to learn quality of fish products required
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
Other moves recorded from alternative fuels engineer
Common questions about this move
Can an alternative fuels engineer become a fisheries engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An alternative fuels engineer already covers 41% of what a fisheries engineering technician is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 10 of which the fisheries engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does an alternative fuels engineer need to become a fisheries engineering technician?
12 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary. The single most important is engineering processes.
How hard is the move from alternative fuels engineer to fisheries engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 60.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.