Chemical engineering technician to corrosion technician
A chemical engineering technician already meets 53% of what the corrosion technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.3/ 100
1 How much of what a corrosion technician 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 corrosion technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A corrosion technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things a chemical engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- chemistry
- collaborate with engineers
- corrosion types
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
What stands in the way is 8 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 corrosion technician 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 corrosion types natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held inorganic chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held use ICT systems working with computers
- already held collaborate with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analytical chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held prepare chemical samples handling and moving
All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the corrosion technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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 create solutions to problems required
- still to learn write technical reports required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held create designs for pipeline engineering optional
- still to learn inspect pipelines required
- still to learn repair pipelines required
- optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
- still to learn mathematics required
- still to learn physics required
- optional, not held soil science optional
- still to learn types of pipelines required
- optional, not held chemical processes optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held types of metal optional
- optional, not held assess environmental impact optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held conduct soil sample tests optional
- optional, not held perform scientific research optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a corrosion technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 inspect pipelines practise this
- 02 types of pipelines study this
- 03 create solutions to problems practise this
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 chemistry knowledge
- already held collaborate with engineers skill
- already held corrosion types knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- already held recognise signs of corrosion skill
- already held risk management knowledge
- already held analytical chemistry knowledge
- already held inorganic chemistry knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held laboratory techniques knowledge
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held prepare chemical samples skill
- already held production processes knowledge
- already held use ICT systems skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held soil structure optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held chemical processes optional
- optional, not held conduct soil sample tests optional
- optional, not held create designs for pipeline engineering optional
- optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
- optional, not held soil structure optional
- optional, not held assess environmental impact optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held perform scientific research optional
- optional, not held soil science optional
- optional, not held types of metal optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
36 held skills the corrosion technician 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 apply safety procedures in laboratory 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 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 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 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 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 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 radiation protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role recommend product improvements skill
- not needed by the target role run laboratory simulations skill
- not needed by the target role schedule production skill
- not needed by the target role set production facilities standards skill
- not needed by the target role supervise laboratory operations skill
- not needed by the target role test chemical samples skill
- not needed by the target role translate formulae into processes skill
- not needed by the target role use chromatography software skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role write batch record documentation skill
9 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 types of pipelines required
- still to learn mathematics required
- still to learn physics required
- optional, not held chemical processes optional
- optional, not held soil structure optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held soil science optional
- optional, not held types of metal optional
Other moves recorded from chemical engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can a chemical engineering technician become a corrosion technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A chemical engineering technician already covers 53% of what a corrosion technician is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 11 of which the corrosion technician role treats as required.
What skills does a chemical engineering technician need to become a corrosion technician?
8 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is inspect pipelines.
How hard is the move from chemical engineering technician to corrosion technician?
Its learning distance is 50.3 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.