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

instrumentation engineertoequipment engineer

A instrumentation engineer already meets 48% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From instrumentation engineer
48%
Overlap1
To equipment engineer
16 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
52.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.8/ 100

1 Share of the equipment engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the instrumentation 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 equipment engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a instrumentation engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess financial viability
  • engineering principles
  • execute feasibility study
  • manufacturing processes
  • mathematics
  • perform scientific research

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held product data management business, administration and law
  • already held execute feasibility study information skills
  • already held design principles arts and humanities
  • already held assess financial viability information skills
  • already held design prototypes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse production processes for improvement information skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the equipment engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • required, not held manage engineering project required
  • optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held manage product testing optional
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret technical requirements required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held analyse test data optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held use testing equipment optional
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a equipment 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess financial viability skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held execute feasibility study skill
  • already held manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • already held design principles knowledge
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held product data management knowledge
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held analyse test data optional
  • optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage product testing optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
  • optional, not held use testing equipment optional
51 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role abide by regulations on banned materials skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble instrumentation equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out work-related measurements skill
  • not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role control systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create software design skill
  • not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role design control systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design microelectromechanical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop instrumentation systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering control theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect offshore constructions skill
  • not needed by the target role instrumentation engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instrumentation equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage instrumentation systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
  • not needed by the target role marine engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role marine technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role offshore constructions and facilities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role offshore renewable energy technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role oversee pre-assembly operations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill

11 further entries not listed here

9 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 engineering processes required
  • required, not held production processes required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
  • optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
  • optional, not held computer engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held robotic components optional
  • optional, not held robotics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from instrumentation engineer

Full index of moves from instrumentation 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.