gas production engineertogas distribution engineer
A gas production engineer already meets 44% of what the gas distribution engineer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
44%
59.5/ 100
1 Share of the gas distribution engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the gas production 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 this move works
A gas distribution engineer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a gas production engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- fuel gas
- gas consumption
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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gas distribution engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a gas production engineer background worth leading with.
- already held gas consumption engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held test gas purity working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held natural gas engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held ensure correct gas pressure working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held fuel gas engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held ensure equipment maintenance management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the gas distribution engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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 types of pipelines required
- required, not held energy required
- required, not held energy market required
- required, not held fuel distribution systems required
- optional, not held gas market optional
- optional, not held fossil fuels optional
- required, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations required
- required, not held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures required
- required, not held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects required
- required, not held monitor legislation developments required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with gas distribution schedule optional
- optional, not held report on fuel distribution incidents optional
- optional, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations optional
- required, not held supervise gas distribution operations required
- optional, not held develop gas distribution schedule optional
- optional, not held develop energy saving concepts optional
- required, not held create designs for pipeline engineering required
- required, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a gas distribution engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 comply with pipeline transport regulations skill · sector specific
- 02 create designs for pipeline engineering skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held fuel gas knowledge
- already held gas consumption knowledge
- already held natural gas knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held ensure correct gas pressure skill
- already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
- already held test gas purity skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held adapt energy distribution schedules optional
- optional, not held manage gas transmission system optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt energy distribution schedules optional
- optional, not held develop gas distribution schedule optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with gas distribution schedule optional
- optional, not held gas market optional
- optional, not held manage gas transmission system optional
- optional, not held report on fuel distribution incidents optional
- optional, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations optional
- optional, not held develop energy saving concepts optional
- optional, not held fossil fuels optional
21 held skills the gas distribution engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role design natural gas processing systems skill
- not needed by the target role design utility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role develop scientific research protocols skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role gas chromatography knowledge
- not needed by the target role gas contaminant removal processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role gas dehydration processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulic fracturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor utility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role natural gas liquids fractionation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role natural gas liquids recovery processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate gas extraction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydrogen extraction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role optimise production processes parameters skill
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role test chemical samples skill
- not needed by the target role use chemical analysis equipment skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear 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.
- required, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines required
- required, not held types of pipelines required
- required, not held energy required
- required, not held energy market required
- required, not held fuel distribution systems required
- optional, not held gas market optional
- optional, not held fossil fuels 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.