bicycle mechanictogunsmith
A bicycle mechanic already meets 41% of what the gunsmith role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
65.5/ 100
1 Share of the gunsmith role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bicycle mechanic 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 gunsmith role treats 6 of its required skills as things a bicycle mechanic already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply company policies
- apply technical communication skills
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- replace defect components
What stands in the way is 13 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gunsmith role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bicycle mechanic background worth leading with.
- already held use repair manuals information skills
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep stock records information skills
- already held maintain records of maintenance interventions information skills
- already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 6 the gunsmith role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held accurise guns required
- required, not held apply bluing techniques required
- required, not held assemble guns required
- required, not held customise guns required
- required, not held repair firearms required
- required, not held restore old guns required
- required, not held create smooth wood surface required
- optional, not held heat metals optional
- optional, not held tend metal polishing machine optional
- required, not held instruct customers on ammunition's usage required
- required, not held provide customer information related to repairs required
- optional, not held sell ammunition optional
- optional, not held sell weapons optional
- required, not held precision engineering required
- required, not held precision mechanics required
- optional, not held optical engineering optional
- required, not held read assembly drawings required
- optional, not held maintain catalogue collection optional
- required, not held use firearms required
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a gunsmith role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accurise guns skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply bluing techniques skill · occupation specific
- 03 assemble guns skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held apply company policies skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held assist customers skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held keep stock records skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held use repair manuals skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
- optional, not held heat metals optional
- optional, not held maintain catalogue collection optional
- optional, not held sell ammunition optional
- optional, not held sell weapons optional
- optional, not held optical engineering optional
- optional, not held tend metal polishing machine optional
13 held skills the gunsmith role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble bicycles skill
- not needed by the target role bicycle mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric bicycles knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric drives knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain braking system skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role perform repairs on bicycles skill
- not needed by the target role purchase supplies skill
- not needed by the target role repair electric bicycles skill
- not needed by the target role sell bicycles skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role tune bicycles skill
- not needed by the target role wash bicycles 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 precision engineering required
- required, not held precision mechanics required
- optional, not held optical engineering 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.