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A building electrician already meets 65% of what the electrical supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
65%
43.7/ 100
1 Share of the electrical supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the building electrician 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 electrical supervisor role treats 17 of its required skills as things a building electrician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- answer requests for quotation
- building systems monitoring technology
- electrical wiring plans
- electricity
- electromechanics
- electronics
What stands in the way is 10 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 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A electrical supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a building electrician background worth leading with.
- already held install electricity sockets working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held solar panel mounting systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held install circuit breakers working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install electric switches working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held building systems monitoring technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held splice cable working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 38 carried skills, including the 17 the electrical supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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 ensure compliance with construction project deadline required
- required, not held ensure equipment availability required
- required, not held evaluate employees work required
- required, not held plan resource allocation required
- required, not held plan shifts of employees required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held check compatibility of materials required
- required, not held monitor stock level required
- optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
- required, not held liaise with managers required
- optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
- optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held manage health and safety standards required
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held construction product regulation optional
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a electrical supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check compatibility of materials skill · sector specific
- 02 monitor stock level skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill · 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 38 skills that carry over
- already held answer requests for quotation skill
- already held building systems monitoring technology knowledge
- already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held electromechanics knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held inspect electrical supplies skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held order construction supplies skill
- already held process incoming construction supplies skill
- already held react to events in time-critical environments skill
- already held test electronic units skill
- already held test procedures in electricity transmission skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
- already held assemble electrical components skill
- already held assemble electronic units skill
- already held automation technology knowledge
- already held calculate needs for construction supplies skill
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held install circuit breakers skill
- already held install construction profiles skill
- already held install electric switches skill
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held install electricity sockets skill
- already held maintain electrical equipment skill
- already held maintain electronic equipment skill
- already held provide power connection from bus bars skill
- already held solar panel mounting systems knowledge
- already held solder electronics skill
- already held splice cable skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held use sander skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held construction product regulation optional
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
10 held skills the electrical supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut wall chases skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate products' features skill
- not needed by the target role install lightning protection system skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role program firmware skill
- not needed by the target role repair wiring skill
- not needed by the target role replace defect components skill
- not needed by the target role resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports 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.
- optional, not held construction product regulation optional
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held microelectronics 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.