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

innovation officertoinnovation engineer

A innovation officer already meets 39% of what the innovation engineer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From innovation officer
39%
Overlap1
To innovation engineer
13 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
63.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.6/ 100

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

  • advise on patents
  • define technology strategy
  • emergent technologies
  • identify potential markets for companies
  • implement procurement of innovation
  • innovate in ICT

What stands in the way is 15 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 engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a innovation officer 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 10 the innovation engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop new products required
  • required, not held develop product design required
  • required, not held identify technological needs required
  • required, not held integrate new products in manufacturing required
  • required, not held prepare production prototypes required
  • required, not held provide technical expertise required
  • optional, not held describe chemical innovation in products optional
  • optional, not held develop design ideas cooperatively optional
  • optional, not held promote the transfer of knowledge optional
02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held lead technology development of an organisation required
  • required, not held perform product planning required
  • required, not held plan engineering activities required
  • optional, not held manage research and development projects optional
  • optional, not held plan product management optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held automation technology required
  • required, not held computer technology required
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held apply for patents required
  • required, not held monitor technology trends required
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held industrial design required
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held patents required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a innovation 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on patents skill
  • already held define technology strategy skill
  • already held emergent technologies knowledge
  • 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 consult with industry professionals skill
  • already held develop business plans skill
  • already held identify new business opportunities skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held social innovation optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held describe chemical innovation in products optional
  • optional, not held develop design ideas cooperatively optional
  • optional, not held social innovation optional
  • optional, not held manage research and development projects optional
  • optional, not held plan product management optional
  • optional, not held promote the transfer of knowledge optional
10 held skills the innovation engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out strategic research skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
  • not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role risk management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held automation technology required
  • required, not held computer technology required
  • required, not held industrial design required
  • required, not held patents required
  • optional, not held social innovation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from innovation officer

Full index of moves from innovation officer

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.