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

chemical metallurgisttogeotechnician

A chemical metallurgist already meets 37% of what the geotechnician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chemical metallurgist
37%
Overlap1
To geotechnician
5 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
55.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.1/ 100

1 Share of the geotechnician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chemical metallurgist 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 geotechnician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a chemical metallurgist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • perform sample testing
  • prepare samples for testing
  • prepare scientific reports
  • test raw minerals

What stands in the way is 5 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A geotechnician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chemical metallurgist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held test raw minerals information skills
  • already held prepare samples for testing handling and moving
  • already held perform sample testing information skills
  • already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held physics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the geotechnician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held troubleshoot required
  • optional, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect samples required
  • optional, not held maintain cores optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held geology required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held install rock movement monitoring devices required
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor geotechnical structures optional
  • optional, not held plan geotechnical investigations in the field optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a geotechnician 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held perform sample testing skill
  • already held prepare samples for testing skill
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held test raw minerals skill
  • already held physics knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining optional
  • optional, not held maintain cores optional
  • optional, not held monitor geotechnical structures optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
  • optional, not held plan geotechnical investigations in the field optional
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
33 held skills the geotechnician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role alloys of precious metals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role assess suitability of metal types for specific application skill
  • not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemical technologies in metal manufacture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct metallurgical structural analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role develop new installations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role extract materials from furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role extract products from moulds skill
  • not needed by the target role ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install monitors for process control skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret extraction data skill
  • not needed by the target role join metals skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with quality assurance skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate metal skill
  • not needed by the target role materials engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metal and metal ore products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metal forming technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor extraction logging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role non-ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role oxidation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role precious metal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role precious metals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare extraction proposals skill
  • not needed by the target role process incident reports for prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role separate metals from ores skill
  • not needed by the target role types of metal knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in metal manufacture teams 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held impact of geological factors on mining operations required
  • required, not held geology required
  • optional, not held health and safety hazards underground optional
Index

Other moves recorded from chemical metallurgist

Full index of moves from chemical metallurgist

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.