gas production engineertosteam engineer
A gas production engineer already meets 43% of what the steam engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
43%
55.2/ 100
1 Share of the steam 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 steam engineer role treats 9 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
- design utility equipment
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- monitor utility equipment
What stands in the way is 7 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 9 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 a gas production engineer background worth leading with.
- already held design utility equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor utility equipment constructing
- already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use technical drawing software working with computers
- already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held adjust engineering designs communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the steam engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 9 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 manufacturing of steam generators required
- required, not held energy required
- required, not held energy market required
- required, not held heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts required
- required, not held hydraulics required
- required, not held refrigerants required
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- required, not held thermodynamics required
- optional, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls optional
- 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 design automation components optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment optional
3 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 knowledge · sector specific
- 02 energy knowledge · cross sector
- 03 energy market knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held design utility equipment skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes 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
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held balance hydraulics of hot water systems optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held balance hydraulics of hot water systems optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls optional
- optional, not held operate steam turbine optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held design automation components optional
- optional, not held electricity 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 resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
25 held skills the steam engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role design natural gas processing systems 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 ensure correct gas pressure skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role gas chromatography knowledge
- not needed by the target role gas consumption 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 natural gas knowledge
- 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 test gas purity skill
- not needed by the target role use chemical analysis equipment skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
10 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 manufacturing of steam generators required
- required, not held energy required
- required, not held energy market required
- required, not held heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts required
- required, not held hydraulics required
- required, not held refrigerants required
- required, not held thermodynamics required
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held electricity 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.