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

heating techniciantomoulding machine technician

A heating technician already meets 58% of what the moulding machine technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From heating technician
58%
Overlap1
To moulding machine technician
18 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
42.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.5/ 100

1 Share of the moulding machine technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the heating technician 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 moulding machine technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a heating technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct routine machinery checks
  • consult technical resources
  • operate soldering equipment
  • perform maintenance on installed equipment
  • perform test run
  • record test data

What stands in the way is 5 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A moulding machine technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a heating technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare compliance documents information skills
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on safety improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
  • already held conduct routine machinery checks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held write records for repairs information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 10 the moulding machine 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 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held maintain moulds required
  • required, not held repair mould defects required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held replace defect components required
  • optional, not held tend mouldmaking machines optional
  • optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain hydraulic systems optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held hydraulics optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held types of moulding required
05 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held install hydraulic systems optional
  • optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect quality of products optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a moulding machine 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held operate soldering equipment skill
  • already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use measurement instruments skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held advise on safety improvements skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held estimate restoration costs skill
  • already held operate welding equipment skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held prepare compliance documents skill
  • already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
  • already held write records for repairs skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pneumatics optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held tend mouldmaking machines optional
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held hydraulics optional
  • optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
  • optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
  • optional, not held install hydraulic systems optional
  • optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
  • optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain hydraulic systems optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
  • optional, not held pneumatics optional
44 held skills the moulding machine technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
  • not needed by the target role biogas energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role combined heat and power generation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define energy profiles skill
  • not needed by the target role design a combined heat and power system skill
  • not needed by the target role design a solar heating system skill
  • not needed by the target role design an electric heating system skill
  • not needed by the target role design heat pump installations skill
  • not needed by the target role design heating and cooling emission systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design hot water systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design passive energy measures skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role distribution of heating cooling and hot water knowledge
  • not needed by the target role district heating and cooling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role domestic cooling systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electric heating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal energy systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role install gas heaters skill
  • not needed by the target role install heat pump skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating boiler skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts skill
  • not needed by the target role install in-floor and in-wall heating skill
  • not needed by the target role install radiators skill
  • not needed by the target role install solar water heater skill
  • not needed by the target role install wood heater skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate biogas energy in buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role lay pipe installation skill
  • not needed by the target role metal thermal conductivity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on electric heating skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role perform feasibility study on solar heating skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role repair heating equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role repair ventilation equipment skill

4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • required, not held types of moulding required
  • optional, not held electronics optional
  • optional, not held hydraulics optional
  • optional, not held pneumatics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from heating technician

Full index of moves from heating technician

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.