Chemical manufacturing quality technician to chemical engineering technician

• already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
• already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
• already held laboratory techniques knowledge
• already held perform laboratory tests skill
• already held perform product testing skill
• already held prepare chemical samples skill
• already held test chemical samples skill
• already held use ICT systems skill
• already held work safely with chemicals skill
• already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
• already held recommend product improvements skill
• already held use chromatography software skill

• optional, not held assess hydrogen production technologies optional
• optional, not held computational chemistry optional
• optional, not held develop components separation processes optional
• optional, not held energy efficiency optional
• optional, not held execute feasibility study on hydrogen optional
• optional, not held maintain chromotography machinery optional
• optional, not held analytical chemistry optional
• optional, not held archive scientific documentation optional
• optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
• optional, not held control production optional
• optional, not held corrosion types optional
• optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
• optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
• optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
• optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
• optional, not held inorganic chemistry optional
• optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
• optional, not held maintain laboratory equipment optional
• optional, not held maintain nuclear reactors optional
• optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
• optional, not held nuclear energy optional
• optional, not held nuclear reprocessing optional
• optional, not held radiation protection optional
• optional, not held recognise signs of corrosion optional
• optional, not held schedule production optional
• optional, not held set production facilities standards optional
• optional, not held supervise laboratory operations optional
• optional, not held write batch record documentation optional

• not needed by the target role adhere to Standard Operating Procedures skill
• not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
• not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
• not needed by the target role communicate test results to other departments skill
• not needed by the target role controlled substances permits knowledge
• not needed by the target role develop procedures in case of defects skill
• not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
• not needed by the target role good laboratory practice knowledge
• not needed by the target role good manufacturing practices knowledge
• not needed by the target role issue licences skill
• not needed by the target role maintain test equipment skill
• not needed by the target role manage chemical processes inspection skill
• not needed by the target role manage manufacturing documentation skill
• not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing impact skill
• not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
• not needed by the target role order supplies skill
• not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
• not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
• not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role record test data skill
• not needed by the target role revise quality control systems documentation skill
• not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
• not needed by the target role support implementation of quality management systems skill
• not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures skill
• not needed by the target role train staff in safety procedures skill
• not needed by the target role use chemical analysis equipment skill
• not needed by the target role use non-destructive testing equipment skill
• not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
• not needed by the target role validate raw materials skill
• not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn engineering processes required
• still to learn green chemistry required
• still to learn oxidation required
• still to learn chemistry required
• still to learn engineering principles required
• still to learn production processes required
• still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
• still to learn risk management required
• optional, not held computational chemistry optional
• optional, not held energy efficiency optional
• optional, not held analytical chemistry optional
• optional, not held corrosion types optional
• optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
• optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
• optional, not held inorganic chemistry optional
• optional, not held nuclear energy optional
• optional, not held nuclear reprocessing optional
• optional, not held radiation protection optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. A chemical manufacturing quality technician already covers 29% of what a chemical engineering technician is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 9 of which the chemical engineering technician role treats as required.

15 required skills are missing, plus 28 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is analyse experimental laboratory data.

Its learning distance is 75 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.