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

innovation engineertoinnovation officer

A innovation engineer already meets 59% of what the innovation officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From innovation engineer
59%
Overlap1
To innovation officer
13 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
40.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.1/ 100

1 Share of the innovation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the innovation 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

Why this move works

A innovation officer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a innovation engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • consult with industry professionals
  • develop business plans
  • emergent technologies
  • identify new business opportunities
  • identify potential markets for companies
  • implement procurement of innovation

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A innovation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a innovation engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on patents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held consult with industry professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held innovate in ICT communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held keep updated on innovations in various business fields information skills
  • already held identify potential markets for companies management skills
  • already held implement procurement of innovation communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the innovation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 5 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 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held business processes required
  • required, not held risk management required
  • optional, not held ICT market optional
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held collaborate with engineers required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held carry out strategic research required
  • required, not held seek innovation in current practices required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held improve business processes required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a innovation officer 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult with industry professionals skill
  • already held develop business plans skill
  • already held emergent technologies knowledge
  • already held identify new business opportunities skill
  • already held identify potential markets for companies skill
  • already held implement procurement of innovation skill
  • already held innovate in ICT skill
  • already held innovation processes knowledge
  • already held keep updated on innovations in various business fields skill
  • already held promote innovative infrastructure design skill
  • already held promote open innovation in research skill
  • already held advise on patents skill
  • already held define technology strategy skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT market optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
21 held skills the innovation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply for patents skill
  • not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role describe chemical innovation in products skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design ideas cooperatively skill
  • not needed by the target role develop new products skill
  • not needed by the target role develop product design skill
  • not needed by the target role identify technological needs skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrate new products in manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role lead technology development of an organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage research and development projects skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role patents knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform product planning skill
  • not needed by the target role plan engineering activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan product management skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare production prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role promote the transfer of knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
  • not needed by the target role social innovation knowledge
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 business processes required
  • required, not held risk management required
  • optional, not held ICT market optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
Index

Other moves recorded from innovation engineer

Full index of moves from innovation engineer

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.