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A jewellery engraver already meets 54% of what the glass engraver role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
54%
44.4/ 100
1 Share of the glass engraver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the jewellery engraver 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 this move works
A glass engraver role treats 7 of its required skills as things a jewellery engraver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- clean engraved areas
- determine quality of engraving
- engrave patterns
- engraving technologies
- ensure accurate engravings
- position engraving equipment
What stands in the way is 4 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A glass engraver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a jewellery engraver background worth leading with.
- already held ensure accurate engravings working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held compute engraving dimensions information skills
- already held handle etching chemicals constructing
- already held inspect etched work information skills
- already held select engraving templates handling and moving
- already held verify engraving accuracy information skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the glass engraver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- required, not held use glass engraving tools required
- optional, not held use abrasive wheel optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held monitor automated machines optional
- optional, not held supply machine optional
- required, not held manipulate glass required
- optional, not held supply machine with appropriate tools optional
- required, not held use personal protection equipment required
- required, not held ensure equipment availability required
- optional, not held sandcarving optional
- optional, not held abrasive machining processes optional
- optional, not held lathe machine parts optional
- optional, not held consult technical resources optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a glass engraver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 use glass engraving tools skill · sector specific
- 02 ensure equipment availability skill · cross sector
- 03 manipulate glass skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held clean engraved areas skill
- already held determine quality of engraving skill
- already held engrave patterns skill
- already held engraving technologies knowledge
- already held ensure accurate engravings skill
- already held position engraving equipment skill
- already held transpose designs to engravings skill
- already held compute engraving dimensions skill
- already held handle etching chemicals skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held inspect etched work skill
- already held operate engraving equipment skill
- already held prepare workpieces for engraving skill
- already held prepare workpieces for etching skill
- already held select engraving templates skill
- already held verify engraving accuracy skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held protect workpiece components from processing optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sandcarving optional
- optional, not held use abrasive wheel optional
- optional, not held abrasive machining processes optional
- optional, not held consult technical resources optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held lathe machine parts optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held monitor automated machines optional
- optional, not held protect workpiece components from processing optional
- optional, not held set up the controller of a machine optional
- optional, not held supply machine optional
- optional, not held supply machine with appropriate tools optional
24 held skills the glass engraver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply restoration techniques skill
- not needed by the target role coining knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultured pearls knowledge
- not needed by the target role design objects to be crafted skill
- not needed by the target role ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate restoration procedures skill
- not needed by the target role fill etchings skill
- not needed by the target role imitation jewellery knowledge
- not needed by the target role laser engraving methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain engraving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mount stones in jewels skill
- not needed by the target role perform damascening skill
- not needed by the target role perform enamelling skill
- not needed by the target role perform wire wrapping skill
- not needed by the target role prepare etching chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role record jewel processing time skill
- not needed by the target role record jewel weight skill
- not needed by the target role scale etchings skill
- not needed by the target role select gems for jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role select metals for jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role select restoration activities skill
- not needed by the target role smoothen rough jewel parts skill
- not needed by the target role types of engraving needles knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held sandcarving optional
- optional, not held abrasive machining processes optional
- optional, not held lathe machine parts optional
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.