Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Container equipment design engineer to rotating equipment engineer

A container equipment design engineer already meets 80% of what the rotating equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From container equipment design engineer
80 % overlap
Very strong match
To rotating equipment engineer
36 You already bring
5 Still to learn
45 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Short step

25.6/ 100

1 How much of what a rotating equipment engineer is expected to do is already part of a container equipment design engineer’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 rotating equipment engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A rotating equipment engineer role treats 19 of its required skills as things a container equipment design engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • CAD software
  • adjust engineering designs
  • approve engineering design
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • execute feasibility study

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 36 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rotating equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a container equipment design engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held determine production capacity information skills
  • already held reverse engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held determine production feasibility information skills
  • already held monitor production developments information skills
  • already held use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
  • already held plan manufacturing processes management skills

All 36 carried skills, including the 19 the rotating equipment engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • still to learn types of rotating equipment required
  • still to learn blueprints required
  • still to learn principles of mechanical engineering required
02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn read standard blueprints required
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • still to learn advise on safety improvements required
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain rotating equipment optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a rotating equipment engineer 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 36 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held execute feasibility study skill
  • already held industrial engineering knowledge
  • already held manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held mechanical engineering knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held production processes knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use computer-aided engineering systems skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held 3D modelling knowledge
  • already held CAE software knowledge
  • already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • already held create a product's virtual model skill
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held determine production capacity skill
  • already held determine production feasibility skill
  • already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • already held manage supplies skill
  • already held material mechanics knowledge
  • already held monitor production developments skill
  • already held plan manufacturing processes skill
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held quality and cycle time optimisation knowledge
  • already held reverse engineering knowledge
  • already held set up the controller of a machine skill
  • already held use CAM software skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held maintain rotating equipment optional
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
2 held skills the rotating equipment engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role types of containers knowledge
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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn types of rotating equipment required
  • still to learn blueprints required
  • still to learn principles of mechanical engineering required
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a container equipment design engineer become a rotating equipment engineer?

Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A container equipment design engineer already covers 80% of what a rotating equipment engineer is expected to do: 36 skills carry over, 19 of which the rotating equipment engineer role treats as required.

What skills does a container equipment design engineer need to become a rotating equipment engineer?

5 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is types of rotating equipment.

How hard is the move from container equipment design engineer to rotating equipment engineer?

Its learning distance is 25.6 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.