Table 1Transition record

metrology techniciantozoology technician

A metrology technician already meets 23% of what the zoology technician role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From metrology technician

23%

Overlap1

To zoology technician

6 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

76.8 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the zoology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the metrology technician 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 zoology technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a metrology technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

biology
calibrate laboratory equipment
laboratory techniques
maintain laboratory equipment
perform scientific research
write technical reports

What stands in the way is 13 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A zoology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a metrology technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held maintain laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held calibrate laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held write technical reports communication, collaboration and creativity
already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held perform scientific research information skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the zoology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 13 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 information skills 4 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held analyse experimental laboratory data required
required, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation required
required, not held apply scientific methods required
required, not held collect biological data required

optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
optional, not held inspect animal welfare management optional
optional, not held keep task records optional

02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held applied zoology required
required, not held laboratory equipment required
required, not held animal biology required

optional, not held cryopreservation optional
optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held life sciences optional

03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required

required, not held use laboratory equipment required
required, not held perform laboratory tests required

04 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required

required, not held animal behaviour required

05 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required

06 education 1 required

required, not held scientific research methodology required

7 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a zoology technician 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 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held biology knowledge
already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
already held laboratory techniques knowledge
already held maintain laboratory equipment skill
already held perform scientific research skill
already held write technical reports skill

The 7 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 1 required

required, not held manage inventory required

08 business, administration and law 3 supplementary

optional, not held pollution legislation optional
optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
optional, not held environmental legislation optional

09 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary

optional, not held animal food products optional
optional, not held watershed development optional

10 handling and moving 2 supplementary

optional, not held label samples optional
optional, not held preserve samples optional

11 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
optional, not held prepare visual data optional

12 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary

optional, not held write research proposals optional

13 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional

20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
optional, not held animal food products optional
optional, not held cryopreservation optional
optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
optional, not held inspect animal welfare management optional
optional, not held label samples optional
optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
optional, not held pollution legislation optional
optional, not held watershed development optional
optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held environmental legislation optional
optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
optional, not held keep task records optional
optional, not held life sciences optional
optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
optional, not held prepare visual data optional
optional, not held preserve samples optional
optional, not held write research proposals optional

24 held skills the zoology technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role algebra knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
not needed by the target role calibrate precision instrument skill
not needed by the target role contact scientists skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
not needed by the target role geometry knowledge
not needed by the target role inspect material skill
not needed by the target role instrumentation engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment skill
not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
not needed by the target role metrology knowledge
not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
not needed by the target role order equipment skill
not needed by the target role perform test run skill
not needed by the target role physics knowledge
not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
not needed by the target role study the relationships between quantities skill
not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
not needed by the target role write calibration report skill

16 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 animal behaviour required
required, not held applied zoology required
required, not held laboratory equipment required
required, not held animal biology required
required, not held scientific research methodology required
optional, not held animal food products optional
optional, not held cryopreservation optional
optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
optional, not held pollution legislation optional
optional, not held watershed development optional
optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held environmental legislation optional
optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
optional, not held life sciences optional

Index

Other moves recorded from metrology technician

Full index of moves from metrology technician

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.