Electric power generation engineer to steam engineer
An electric power generation engineer already meets 64% of what the steam engineer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
36.8/ 100
1 How much of what a steam engineer is expected to do is already part of an electric power generation 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 steam engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A steam engineer role treats 12 of its required skills as things an electric power generation engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- design utility equipment
- energy
- energy market
- engineering principles
What stands in the way is 4 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A steam engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an electric power generation engineer background worth leading with.
- already held design utility equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor utility equipment constructing
- already held energy market engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held operate hydraulic machinery controls working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held hydraulics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 16 carried skills, including the 12 the steam engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 manufacturing of steam generators required
- still to learn heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts required
- still to learn refrigerants required
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- still to learn thermodynamics required
- optional, not held operate steam turbine optional
- optional, not held monitor automated machines optional
- optional, not held operate automated process control optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held design automation components optional
- optional, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a steam engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manufacturing of steam generators study this
- 02 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts study this
- 03 refrigerants 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held design utility equipment skill
- already held energy knowledge
- already held energy market knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held monitor utility equipment skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held operate hydraulic machinery controls skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held balance hydraulics of hot water systems optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held balance hydraulics of hot water systems optional
- optional, not held operate steam turbine optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held design automation components optional
- optional, not held monitor automated machines optional
- optional, not held operate automated process control optional
- optional, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
79 held skills the steam engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse energy market trends skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role assemble sensors skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role assess hydrogen production technologies skill
- not needed by the target role battery chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery components knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery fluids knowledge
- not needed by the target role biogas energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate communication within a team skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate electricity generation skill
- not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role data mining methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role design electric power systems skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop electricity distribution schedule skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategies for electricity contingencies skill
- not needed by the target role electric current knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric generators knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical power safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity market knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy micro-generation technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in electrical power operations skill
- not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydroelectricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
39 further entries not listed here
5 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 manufacturing of steam generators required
- still to learn heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts required
- still to learn refrigerants required
- still to learn thermodynamics required
- optional, not held automation technology optional
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Common questions about this move
Can an electric power generation engineer become a steam engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An electric power generation engineer already covers 64% of what a steam engineer is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 12 of which the steam engineer role treats as required.
What skills does an electric power generation engineer need to become a steam engineer?
4 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is manufacturing of steam generators.
How hard is the move from electric power generation engineer to steam engineer?
Its learning distance is 36.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.