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

chemical engineering techniciantoassayer

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.

From chemical engineering technician
29%
Overlap1
To assayer
7 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
67.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.8/ 100

1 Share of the assayer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chemical engineering 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

Why this move works

A assayer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a chemical engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required
  • required, not held chemical processes required
  • required, not held metal and metal ore products required
  • required, not held good laboratory practice required
  • required, not held precious metals required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held separate metals from ores required
  • required, not held use chemical analysis equipment required
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held 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
04 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held characteristics of precious metals required
  • optional, not held jewellery processes optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of jewellery optional
05 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held handle chemicals required
  • optional, not held heat jewellery metals optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held physics optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a assayer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held identify customer's needs required
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held chemical processes required
  • required, not held metal and metal ore products required
  • required, not held characteristics of precious metals required
  • required, not held good laboratory practice required
  • required, not held precious metals required
  • required, not held 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
Index
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.