Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician to heating and ventilation service installer
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician already meets 40% of what the heating and ventilation service installer role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.2/ 100
1 How much of what a heating and ventilation service installer is expected to do is already part of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician’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 heating and ventilation service installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A heating and ventilation service installer role treats 15 of its required skills as things a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- conduct routine machinery checks
- domestic cooling systems
- electric heating systems
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- hydraulics
- install electrical and electronic equipment
What stands in the way is 16 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A heating and ventilation service installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held install heating boiler constructing
- already held install heating furnace constructing
- already held install ventilation equipment constructing
- already held install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts constructing
- already held refrigerants engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held operate climate control working with computers
All 20 carried skills, including the 15 the heating and ventilation service installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 42 missing skills fall into 9 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 apply proofing membranes required
- still to learn operate soldering equipment required
- still to learn operate welding equipment required
- still to learn perform test run required
- optional, not held install gas heaters optional
- optional, not held install heat pump optional
- optional, not held install in-floor and in-wall heating optional
- optional, not held install metal gas piping optional
- optional, not held install solar water heater optional
- optional, not held install wood heater optional
- optional, not held prepare copper gas-lines pipes optional
- still to learn electrical wiring plans required
- still to learn electricity required
- still to learn fluid mechanics required
- still to learn mechanics required
- optional, not held electronics optional
- still to learn maintain electrical equipment required
- still to learn maintain electronic equipment required
- still to learn operate hot glue gun required
- still to learn use measurement instruments required
- still to learn consult technical resources required
- still to learn record test data required
- optional, not held analyse the need for technical resources optional
- optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held prepare compliance documents optional
- still to learn work ergonomically required
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held use safety equipment in construction optional
- still to learn operate hand drill required
- optional, not held cut wall chases optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a heating and ventilation service installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply proofing membranes practise this
- 02 consult technical resources practise this
- 03 electrical wiring plans 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held domestic cooling systems knowledge
- already held electric heating systems knowledge
- already held heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held install heating boiler skill
- already held install heating furnace skill
- already held install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts skill
- already held install ventilation equipment skill
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- already held refrigerants knowledge
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held thermodynamics knowledge
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held district heating and cooling knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held lay pipe installation skill
- already held lead a team skill
- already held operate climate control skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
- optional, not held provide customer information related to repairs optional
- optional, not held answer requests for quotation optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
- optional, not held solve technical problems optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse the need for technical resources optional
- optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
- optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held provide customer information related to repairs optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held answer requests for quotation optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held cut wall chases optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held install gas heaters optional
- optional, not held install heat pump optional
- optional, not held install in-floor and in-wall heating optional
- optional, not held install metal gas piping optional
- optional, not held install solar water heater optional
- optional, not held install wood heater optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
- optional, not held prepare compliance documents optional
- optional, not held prepare copper gas-lines pipes optional
- optional, not held solve technical problems optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use safety equipment in construction optional
20 held skills the heating and ventilation service installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on fitted ventilation systems skill
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role biogas energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role drain hazardous liquids skill
- not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
- not needed by the target role handle refrigerant transfer pumps skill
- not needed by the target role install air conditioning device skill
- not needed by the target role install firestops skill
- not needed by the target role install refrigeration equipment skill
- not needed by the target role interpret 2D plans skill
- not needed by the target role interpret 3D plans skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor utility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform refrigerant leak checks skill
- not needed by the target role provide power connection from bus bars skill
- not needed by the target role test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits skill
- not needed by the target role types of heat pumps knowledge
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
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 electrical wiring plans required
- still to learn electricity required
- still to learn fluid mechanics required
- still to learn mechanics required
- optional, not held electronics optional
Other moves recorded from heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician
Common questions about this move
Can a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician become a heating and ventilation service installer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician already covers 40% of what a heating and ventilation service installer is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 15 of which the heating and ventilation service installer role treats as required.
What skills does a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician need to become a heating and ventilation service installer?
16 required skills are missing, plus 26 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by constructing. The single most important is apply proofing membranes.
How hard is the move from heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technician to heating and ventilation service installer?
Its learning distance is 67.2 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.