kitchen unit installertoplumber
A kitchen unit installer already meets 70% of what the plumber role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
35/ 100
1 Share of the plumber role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the kitchen unit installer 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 plumber role treats 17 of its required skills as things a kitchen unit installer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- attach PEX pipe
- check water pressure
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction supplies
- install PVC piping
- install metal gas piping
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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A plumber role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a kitchen unit installer background worth leading with.
- already held replace faucets constructing
- already held attach PEX pipe constructing
- already held use metal bending techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held types of piping engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held check water pressure working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held prepare copper gas-lines pipes constructing
All 26 carried skills, including the 17 the plumber role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 operate welding equipment required
- required, not held place sanitary equipment required
- optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
- optional, not held set up water filtration system optional
- optional, not held apply a protective layer optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held install solar water heater optional
- required, not held transport construction supplies required
- required, not held clear out drains required
- optional, not held cut metal products optional
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held calculate needs for construction supplies optional
- optional, not held consult technical resources optional
- optional, not held answer requests for quotation optional
- optional, not held order construction supplies optional
- optional, not held types of heat pumps optional
- optional, not held water pressure optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a plumber role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 transport construction supplies skill · sector specific
- 02 clear out drains skill · cross sector
- 03 operate welding equipment 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 26 skills that carry over
- already held attach PEX pipe skill
- already held check water pressure skill
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held install PVC piping skill
- already held install metal gas piping skill
- already held install plumbing systems skill
- already held interpret 2D plans skill
- already held interpret 3D plans skill
- already held plumbing tools knowledge
- already held prepare copper gas-lines pipes skill
- already held replace faucets skill
- already held snap chalk line skill
- already held types of piping knowledge
- already held use measurement instruments skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held cut wall chases skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held process incoming construction supplies skill
- already held protect surfaces during construction work skill
- already held use metal bending techniques skill
- already held use sander skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held set up temporary construction site infrastructure optional
- optional, not held set up water filtration system optional
- optional, not held types of heat pumps optional
- optional, not held answer requests for quotation optional
- optional, not held apply a protective layer optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held calculate needs for construction supplies optional
- optional, not held consult technical resources optional
- optional, not held cut metal products optional
- optional, not held install solar water heater optional
- optional, not held order construction supplies optional
- optional, not held water pressure optional
23 held skills the plumber role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role demonstrate products' features skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role install construction profiles skill
- not needed by the target role install cooktops skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical household appliances skill
- not needed by the target role install oven skill
- not needed by the target role install wood hardware skill
- not needed by the target role load cargo skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturer's instructions for electrical household appliances knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate grinding hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role operate hand drill skill
- not needed by the target role operate wood sawing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pack goods skill
- not needed by the target role process customer orders skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role sort waste skill
- not needed by the target role types of cooktops knowledge
- not needed by the target role unload cargo skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
2 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 types of heat pumps optional
- optional, not held water pressure optional
Other moves recorded from kitchen unit installer
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.