Corrosion technician to chemical engineering technician
A corrosion technician already meets 43% of what the chemical engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
63.8/ 100
1 How much of what a chemical engineering technician is expected to do is already part of a corrosion 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 chemical engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A chemical engineering technician role treats 13 of its required skills as things a corrosion technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- chemistry
- collaborate with engineers
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
What stands in the way is 11 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 chemical engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a corrosion 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 13 the chemical engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 11 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 analyse experimental laboratory data required
- still to learn translate formulae into processes required
- still to learn determine production feasibility required
- still to learn perform product testing required
- still to learn test chemical samples required
- optional, not held assess hydrogen production technologies optional
- optional, not held execute feasibility study on hydrogen optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held archive scientific documentation optional
- optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
- optional, not held write batch record documentation optional
- still to learn calibrate laboratory equipment required
- still to learn run laboratory simulations required
- optional, not held maintain chromotography machinery optional
- optional, not held maintain laboratory equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain nuclear reactors optional
- still to learn apply safety procedures in laboratory required
- still to learn work safely with chemicals required
- still to learn green chemistry required
- optional, not held energy efficiency optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held nuclear reprocessing optional
- still to learn oxidation required
- optional, not held computational chemistry optional
- optional, not held develop components separation processes optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held schedule production optional
- optional, not held set production facilities standards optional
- optional, not held supervise laboratory operations optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a chemical engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse experimental laboratory data practise this
- 02 apply safety procedures in laboratory practise this
- 03 green chemistry study 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 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 laboratory techniques knowledge
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held prepare chemical samples skill
- already held production processes knowledge
- already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- already held risk management knowledge
- already held use ICT systems skill
- already held analytical chemistry knowledge
- already held corrosion types knowledge
- already held inorganic chemistry knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held recognise signs of corrosion skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
- optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held radiation protection optional
- optional, not held use chromatography software optional
25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 use chromatography software optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement 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 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 maintain laboratory equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain nuclear reactors optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held nuclear reprocessing optional
- optional, not held radiation protection optional
- optional, not held recommend product improvements 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
20 held skills the chemical engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct soil sample tests skill
- not needed by the target role create designs for pipeline engineering skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
- not needed by the target role inspect pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role repair pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role soil science knowledge
- not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of metal knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of pipelines knowledge
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role write technical reports skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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 green chemistry required
- still to learn oxidation required
- optional, not held computational chemistry optional
- optional, not held energy efficiency optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held nuclear reprocessing optional
- optional, not held radiation protection optional
Common questions about this move
Can a corrosion technician become a chemical engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A corrosion technician already covers 43% of what a chemical engineering technician is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 13 of which the chemical engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does a corrosion technician need to become a chemical engineering technician?
11 required skills are missing, plus 25 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse experimental laboratory data.
How hard is the move from corrosion technician to chemical engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 63.8 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.