Maintenance and repair engineer to forge equipment technician
A maintenance and repair engineer already meets 55% of what the forge equipment technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.3/ 100
1 How much of what a forge equipment technician is expected to do is already part of a maintenance and repair engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the forge equipment technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A forge equipment technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a maintenance and repair engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- conduct routine machinery checks
- mechanics
- perform machine maintenance
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform test run
- record test data
What stands in the way is 6 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forge equipment technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a maintenance and repair engineer background worth leading with.
- already held maintain hydraulic systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install hydraulic systems constructing
- already held pneumatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held solve technical problems working with computers
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
All 20 carried skills, including the 8 the forge equipment technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn replace defect components required
- still to learn use measurement instruments required
- optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
- optional, not held tend mechanical forging press optional
- still to learn operate soldering equipment required
- still to learn operate welding equipment required
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- still to learn types of forging press required
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
- still to learn consult technical resources required
- optional, not held prepare compliance documents optional
- optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a forge equipment technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 consult technical resources practise this
- 02 operate soldering equipment practise this
- 03 operate welding equipment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held install hydraulic systems skill
- already held maintain hydraulic systems skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held pneumatics knowledge
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held solve technical problems skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held write records for repairs skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on safety improvements optional
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held install electrical and electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain hydraulic forging press optional
- optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held prepare compliance documents optional
- optional, not held tend mechanical forging press optional
82 held skills the forge equipment technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role assemble mechatronic units skill
- not needed by the target role assemble sensors skill
- not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery components knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery fluids knowledge
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
- not needed by the target role control engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate communication within a team skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role data mining methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role design automation components skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydroelectricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
- not needed by the target role inspect machinery skill
- not needed by the target role install automation components skill
- not needed by the target role install mechatronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role lead process optimisation skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
42 further entries not listed here
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn types of forging press required
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held mechanical forging press parts optional
Other moves recorded from maintenance and repair engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a maintenance and repair engineer become a forge equipment technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A maintenance and repair engineer already covers 55% of what a forge equipment technician is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 8 of which the forge equipment technician role treats as required.
What skills does a maintenance and repair engineer need to become a forge equipment technician?
6 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is consult technical resources.
How hard is the move from maintenance and repair engineer to forge equipment technician?
Its learning distance is 44.3 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.