Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

motor vehicle engine inspectortovessel engine tester

A motor vehicle engine inspector already meets 81% of what the vessel engine tester role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From motor vehicle engine inspector
81%
Overlap1
To vessel engine tester
27 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
24.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 24.1

This move: 24.1 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the vessel engine tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the motor vehicle engine inspector 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vessel engine tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a motor vehicle engine inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held diagnose defective engines information skills
  • already held evaluate engine performance information skills
  • already held re-assemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held disassemble engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operation of different engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line handling and moving

All 27 carried skills, including the 16 the vessel engine tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 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 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held inspect vessel optional
  • optional, not held write records for repairs optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply vessel engine regulations required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held mechanics of vessels required
04 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held calibrate engines optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a vessel engine tester 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 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct performance tests skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held diagnose defective engines skill
  • already held electromechanics knowledge
  • already held engine components knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held evaluate engine performance skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • already held operation of different engines knowledge
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held use technical documentation skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held disassemble engines skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held lead inspections skill
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held maintain test equipment skill
  • already held manage maintenance operations skill
  • already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • already held re-assemble engines skill
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held supervise work skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held calibrate engines optional
  • optional, not held inspect vessel optional
  • optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
  • optional, not held write records for repairs optional
  • optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
9 held skills the vessel engine tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act as contact person during equipment incident skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
  • not needed by the target role issue licences skill
  • not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise motor vehicles manufacture skill
  • not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
1 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 mechanics of vessels required
Index
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.