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A commissioning technician already meets 72% of what the commissioning engineer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
31.5/ 100
1 Share of the commissioning engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the commissioning 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 this move works
A commissioning engineer role treats 17 of its required skills as things a commissioning technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse test data
- check system parameters against reference values
- collaborate with engineers
- conduct quality control analysis
- ensure conformity to specifications
- ensure fulfilment of legal requirements
What stands in the way is 3 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 commissioning engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a commissioning technician background worth leading with.
- already held test performance of power plants information skills
- already held project commissioning business, administration and law
- already held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements assisting and caring
- already held check system parameters against reference values information skills
- already held collaborate with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held safety engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 19 carried skills, including the 17 the commissioning engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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.
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- optional, not held follow nuclear plant safety precautions optional
- required, not held use testing equipment required
- optional, not held maintain nuclear reactors optional
- required, not held liaise with quality assurance required
- optional, not held fossil-fuel power plant operations optional
- optional, not held geothermal power plant operations optional
- optional, not held power plant instrumentation optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held test procedures optional
- optional, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems optional
- optional, not held test sensors optional
- optional, not held hardware testing methods optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a commissioning engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
- 02 liaise with quality assurance skill · cross sector
- 03 use testing equipment skill · cross sector
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 analyse test data skill
- already held check system parameters against reference values skill
- already held collaborate with engineers skill
- already held conduct quality control analysis skill
- already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
- already held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held project commissioning knowledge
- already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held safety engineering knowledge
- already held test performance of power plants skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held test materials optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow nuclear plant safety precautions optional
- optional, not held fossil-fuel power plant operations optional
- optional, not held geothermal power plant operations optional
- optional, not held power plant instrumentation optional
- optional, not held hardware testing methods optional
- optional, not held maintain nuclear reactors optional
- optional, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held test materials optional
- optional, not held test procedures optional
- optional, not held test sensors optional
10 held skills the commissioning engineer role does not ask for
- 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 maintain test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintenance operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage instrumentation systems skill
- not needed by the target role repair electronic components skill
- not needed by the target role use tools for construction and repair skill
- not needed by the target role validate raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role write calibration report skill
- not needed by the target role write records for repairs skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held fossil-fuel power plant operations optional
- optional, not held geothermal power plant operations optional
- optional, not held power plant instrumentation optional
- optional, not held hardware testing methods optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held test procedures optional
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.