Heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer to agricultural engineer
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer already meets 59% of what the agricultural engineer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.2/ 100
1 How much of what an agricultural engineer is expected to do is already part of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer’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 agricultural engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An agricultural engineer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- assess financial viability
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute feasibility study
What stands in the way is 3 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An agricultural engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer background worth leading with.
- already held product data management business, administration and law
- already held execute feasibility study information skills
- already held draft design specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create technical plans management skills
- already held design principles arts and humanities
- already held assess financial viability information skills
All 21 carried skills, including the 11 the agricultural engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 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 e-agriculture required
- optional, not held climate smart agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held sustainable agricultural production principles optional
- optional, not held integrated food-energy systems optional
- still to learn troubleshoot required
- optional, not held advise on irrigation projects optional
- optional, not held design an artificial lighting system optional
- optional, not held provide advice to farmers optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- still to learn legislation in agriculture required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural policies optional
- optional, not held oversee construction project optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held use agronomic modelling optional
- optional, not held research improvement of crop yields optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an agricultural engineer 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 · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held execute feasibility study skill
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held conduct performance tests skill
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held draft design specifications skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held product data management knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held use CAD software skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held assess environmental impact optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on irrigation projects optional
- optional, not held climate smart agriculture optional
- optional, not held design an artificial lighting system optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held provide advice to farmers optional
- optional, not held sustainable agricultural production principles optional
- optional, not held use agronomic modelling optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held assess environmental impact optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural policies optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held integrated food-energy systems optional
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
- optional, not held oversee construction project optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held research improvement of crop yields optional
51 held skills the agricultural engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise architects skill
- not needed by the target role advise on fitted ventilation systems skill
- not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role assess energy consumption of ventilation systems skill
- not needed by the target role assess heating and cooling systems 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 components of air conditioning systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role design a combined heat and power system skill
- not needed by the target role design a solar absorption cooling 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 district heating and cooling energy systems skill
- not needed by the target role design geothermal energy systems 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 design ventilation network skill
- not needed by the target role determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
- not needed by the target role determine internal air quality parameters 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 domestic heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role fluid mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role geothermal energy systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify fitted source for heat pumps skill
- not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge
- 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 integrate biogas energy in buildings skill
- not needed by the target role integrated design knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
11 further entries not listed here
11 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 e-agriculture required
- still to learn legislation in agriculture required
- optional, not held climate smart agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held sustainable agricultural production principles optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held integrated food-energy systems optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Other moves recorded from heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 55% covered · moderate
- steam engineer 54% covered · moderate
- thermal engineer 53% covered · substantial
- robotics engineer 51% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer become an agricultural engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer already covers 59% of what an agricultural engineer is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 11 of which the agricultural engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer need to become an agricultural engineer?
3 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary. The single most important is e-agriculture.
How hard is the move from heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer to agricultural engineer?
Its learning distance is 44.2 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.