avionics techniciantorolling stock electrician
A avionics technician already meets 56% of what the rolling stock electrician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
45.9/ 100
1 Share of the rolling stock electrician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the avionics 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.
Why this move works
A rolling stock electrician role treats 11 of its required skills as things a avionics technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply health and safety standards
- electrical systems used in transportation
- electrical wiring plans
- electricity
- electronics
- install electrical and electronic equipment
What stands in the way is 6 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rolling stock electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a avionics technician background worth leading with.
- already held electrical systems used in transportation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health handling and moving
- already held test electronic units constructing
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held apply soldering techniques constructing
- already held electrical wiring plans engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the rolling stock electrician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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 mechanics required
- required, not held mechanics of trains required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- required, not held install electronic communication devices on trains required
- optional, not held ensure maintenance of trains optional
- optional, not held install transport equipment lighting optional
- optional, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs optional
- optional, not held use specialised tools in electric repairs optional
- required, not held use technical documentation required
- optional, not held check train engines optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- required, not held perform test run required
- optional, not held detect malfunctions in train control systems optional
- required, not held fasten components required
- optional, not held position vehicles for maintenance and repair optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a rolling stock electrician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 fasten components skill · cross sector
- 02 install electronic communication devices on trains skill · cross sector
- 03 mechanics 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held maintain electrical equipment skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held apply soldering techniques skill
- already held conduct performance tests skill
- already held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held test electronic units skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held check train engines optional
- optional, not held detect malfunctions in train control systems optional
- optional, not held ensure maintenance of trains optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held install transport equipment lighting optional
- optional, not held position vehicles for maintenance and repair optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs optional
- optional, not held use specialised tools in electric repairs optional
19 held skills the rolling stock electrician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role read engineering drawings skill
- not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role use CADD software 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 mechanics required
- required, not held mechanics of trains required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
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.