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

fisheries assistant engineertofisheries engineering technician

A fisheries assistant engineer already meets 40% of what the fisheries engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fisheries assistant engineer
40%
Overlap1
To fisheries engineering technician
11 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
61.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.2/ 100

1 Share of the fisheries engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fisheries assistant engineer 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 fisheries engineering technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a fisheries assistant engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
  • extinguish fires
  • fisheries legislation
  • fishing vessels
  • international regulations for preventing collisions at sea
  • pollution prevention

What stands in the way is 13 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fisheries engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fisheries assistant engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held quality of fish products agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held fishing vessels agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships business, administration and law
  • already held fisheries legislation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held international regulations for preventing collisions at sea business, administration and law
  • already held survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the fisheries engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 6 required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held mechanics of vessels required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held adjust engineering designs required
  • required, not held approve engineering design required
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure vessel compliance with regulations required
  • optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held mathematics required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fisheries engineering technician 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships knowledge
  • already held extinguish fires skill
  • already held fisheries legislation knowledge
  • already held fishing vessels knowledge
  • already held international regulations for preventing collisions at sea knowledge
  • already held pollution prevention knowledge
  • already held quality of fish products knowledge
  • already held survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment skill
  • already held use maritime English skill
  • already held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System knowledge
  • already held fisheries management knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
  • optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
08 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
  • optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
  • optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
9 held skills the fisheries engineering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate using the global maritime distress and safety system skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate fire fighting skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ship emergency plans skill
  • not needed by the target role operate ship propulsion system skill
  • not needed by the target role operate ship rescue machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent sea pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role risks associated with undertaking fishing operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
7 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 engineering processes required
  • required, not held mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held mechanics of vessels required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
Index
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.