Chemical engineering technician to assayer
A chemical engineering technician already meets 29% of what the assayer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.8/ 100
1 How much of what an assayer is expected to do is already part of a chemical engineering technician’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 assayer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An assayer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a chemical engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analytical chemistry
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- chemistry
- laboratory techniques
- perform laboratory tests
What stands in the way is 11 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An assayer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chemical engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held supervise laboratory operations management skills
- already held analytical chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held prepare chemical samples handling and moving
- already held apply safety procedures in laboratory assisting and caring
- already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held perform laboratory tests working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the assayer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 chemical processes required
- still to learn metal and metal ore products required
- still to learn good laboratory practice required
- still to learn precious metals required
- still to learn separate metals from ores required
- still to learn use chemical analysis equipment required
- still to learn test raw minerals required
- optional, not held manage chemical testing procedures optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held report test findings optional
- still to learn characteristics of precious metals required
- optional, not held jewellery processes optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of jewellery optional
- still to learn handle chemicals required
- optional, not held heat jewellery metals optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- still to learn statistics required
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held physics optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an assayer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 chemical processes study this
- 02 identify customer's needs practise this
- 03 metal and metal ore products 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held analytical chemistry knowledge
- already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held laboratory techniques knowledge
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held prepare chemical samples skill
- already held supervise laboratory operations skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn identify customer's needs required
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held heat jewellery metals optional
- optional, not held jewellery processes optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of jewellery optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held manage chemical testing procedures optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held report test findings optional
48 held skills the assayer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse experimental laboratory data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role archive scientific documentation skill
- not needed by the target role assess hydrogen production technologies skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate laboratory equipment skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with external laboratories skill
- not needed by the target role computational chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role control production skill
- not needed by the target role corrosion types knowledge
- not needed by the target role determine production feasibility skill
- not needed by the target role develop components separation processes skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency 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 ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
- not needed by the target role green chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role hazardous waste storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role hazardous waste types knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify hazards in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role inorganic chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role maintain chromotography machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain laboratory equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain nuclear reactors skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role nuclear reprocessing knowledge
- not needed by the target role oxidation knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform product testing skill
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role recognise signs of corrosion skill
- not needed by the target role recommend product improvements skill
- not needed by the target role risk management knowledge
- not needed by the target role run laboratory simulations skill
8 further entries not listed here
10 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 chemical processes required
- still to learn metal and metal ore products required
- still to learn characteristics of precious metals required
- still to learn good laboratory practice required
- still to learn precious metals required
- still to learn statistics required
- optional, not held jewellery processes optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of jewellery optional
- optional, not held geology optional
- optional, not held physics optional
Other moves recorded from chemical engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can a chemical engineering technician become an assayer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A chemical engineering technician already covers 29% of what an assayer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 5 of which the assayer role treats as required.
What skills does a chemical engineering technician need to become an assayer?
11 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is chemical processes.
How hard is the move from chemical engineering technician to assayer?
Its learning distance is 67.8 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.