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

bioengineertopharmaceutical engineer

A bioengineer already meets 48% of what the pharmaceutical engineer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bioengineer
48%
Overlap1
To pharmaceutical engineer
25 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
59.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.9/ 100

1 Share of the pharmaceutical engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bioengineer 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 pharmaceutical engineer role treats 15 of its required skills as things a bioengineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • analytical chemistry
  • approve engineering design
  • biological chemistry
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pharmaceutical engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bioengineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process information skills
  • already held pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems health and welfare
  • already held pharmaceutical drug development health and welfare
  • already held packaging engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held pharmaceutical industry health and welfare

All 25 carried skills, including the 15 the pharmaceutical engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 11 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 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held forecast organisational risks required
  • required, not held monitor plant production required
  • required, not held write batch record documentation required
  • optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
  • optional, not held test pharmaceutical process optional
  • optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
  • optional, not held test chemical samples optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held test production input materials required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
  • required, not held assess environmental impact required
03 health and welfare 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held drug administration regulations required
  • required, not held human physiology required
  • optional, not held pharmacovigilance legislation optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held write technical reports required
  • optional, not held manage pharmaceutical production facilities construction optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held good manufacturing practices required
  • optional, not held electrical instrumentation engineering optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held chemistry required
  • optional, not held chemical preservation optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pharmaceutical engineer 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held analytical chemistry knowledge
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held biological chemistry knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held examine engineering principles skill
  • already held industrial research and development knowledge
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held pharmaceutical drug development knowledge
  • already held pharmaceutical industry knowledge
  • already held pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held computational chemistry knowledge
  • already held design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems skill
  • already held develop pharmaceutical drugs skill
  • already held evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process skill
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held manage chemical testing procedures skill
  • already held packaging engineering knowledge
  • already held pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
  • already held scientific literature knowledge
  • already held toxicology knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held work with chemicals required
08 business, administration and law 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical legislation optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held supply chain management optional
09 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held software architecture models optional
  • optional, not held industrial software optional
10 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
  • optional, not held use chemical analysis equipment optional
11 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse medication's impact on brain optional
  • optional, not held electrical instrumentation engineering optional
  • optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
  • optional, not held manage pharmaceutical production facilities construction optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held software architecture models optional
  • optional, not held test pharmaceutical process optional
  • optional, not held chemical preservation optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products optional
  • optional, not held industrial software optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical legislation optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held pharmacovigilance legislation optional
  • optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held supply chain management optional
  • optional, not held test chemical samples optional
  • optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
  • optional, not held use chemical analysis equipment optional
63 held skills the pharmaceutical engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on manufacturing problems skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on nitrate pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role apply liquid chromatography skill
  • not needed by the target role apply scientific methods skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the feasibility of implementing developments skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in clinical trials skill
  • not needed by the target role bioeconomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biomedical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect biological data skill
  • not needed by the target role computational biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological research skill
  • not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role design scientific equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role develop biocatalytic processes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop biochemical manufacturing training materials skill
  • not needed by the target role develop bioremediation techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role develop food production processes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop product design skill
  • not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role evolutionary biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role fermentation processes of food knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gas chromatography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather experimental data skill
  • not needed by the target role gel permeation chromatography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role genetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role genomics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role high-performance liquid chromatography knowledge

23 further entries not listed here

16 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 drug administration regulations required
  • required, not held good manufacturing practices required
  • required, not held chemistry required
  • required, not held human physiology required
  • optional, not held electrical instrumentation engineering optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held software architecture models optional
  • optional, not held chemical preservation optional
  • optional, not held industrial software optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical legislation optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held pharmacovigilance legislation optional
  • optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
  • optional, not held supply chain management optional
  • optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
Index

Other moves recorded from bioengineer

Full index of moves from bioengineer

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.