Table 1Transition record

liquid fuel engineertodrilling engineer

A liquid fuel engineer already meets 22% of what the drilling engineer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From liquid fuel engineer

22%

Overlap1

To drilling engineer

5 Skills carried over

17 Required, not held

80.4 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 80.4

This move: 80.4 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the drilling engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the liquid fuel 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A drilling engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a liquid fuel engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held plan oil wells communication, collaboration and creativity
already held prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
already held geology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the drilling engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held design well paths required
required, not held design well-head equipment required
required, not held liaise with specialist contractors for well operations required
required, not held manage drilling contracts required
required, not held manage service contracts in the drilling industry required
required, not held restore natural environment after drilling proofs required

optional, not held present reports optional

02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held analyse drill engineering required
required, not held monitor well costs required
required, not held monitor well operations required
required, not held prepare well data sheets required

optional, not held inspect water wells optional

03 management skills 3 required

required, not held design drill programmes required
required, not held manage drilling team required
required, not held supervise staff required

04 assisting and caring 2 required

required, not held monitor well safety required
required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required

05 constructing 1 required

required, not held suggest well maintenance required

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required

required, not held connect equipment to wellheads required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a drilling 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 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held address problems critically skill
already held geology knowledge
already held plan oil wells skill
already held prepare scientific reports skill
already held troubleshoot skill

2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held inspect water wells optional
optional, not held present reports optional

33 held skills the drilling engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role alcohol fuels knowledge
not needed by the target role biodiesel knowledge
not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role compile reservoir performance plans skill
not needed by the target role control pumping operations in petroleum production skill
not needed by the target role design natural gas processing systems skill
not needed by the target role design well flow systems skill
not needed by the target role design well for petroleum production skill
not needed by the target role determine flow rate enhancement skill
not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role fossil fuels knowledge
not needed by the target role fossil-fuel power plant operations knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret extraction data skill
not needed by the target role liaise with mine professionals skill
not needed by the target role liaise with well test engineers skill
not needed by the target role manage environmental impact skill
not needed by the target role manage fluid production in gas skill
not needed by the target role manage production fluid in oil production skill
not needed by the target role manage well interaction skill
not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor extraction logging operations skill
not needed by the target role monitor fuel storage tanks skill
not needed by the target role natural gas knowledge
not needed by the target role petroleum knowledge
not needed by the target role prepare extraction proposals skill
not needed by the target role prepare well formation evaluation programmes skill
not needed by the target role provide petroleum engineering support skill
not needed by the target role report well results skill
not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
not needed by the target role supervise well operations skill
not needed by the target role types of fuels knowledge
not needed by the target role use reservoir surveillance skill
not needed by the target role well testing operations knowledge

Index

Other moves recorded from liquid fuel engineer

Full index of moves from liquid fuel 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.