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

motor vehicles parts advisortosales engineer

A motor vehicles parts advisor already meets 19% of what the sales engineer role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From motor vehicles parts advisor
19%
Overlap1
To sales engineer
9 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
82.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

82.1/ 100

1 Share of the sales engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the motor vehicles parts advisor 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 sales engineer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a motor vehicles parts advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • maintain customer records
  • maintain parts inventory
  • provide customer follow-up services
  • purchase vehicle parts

What stands in the way is 19 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sales engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a motor vehicles parts advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain parts inventory information skills
  • already held purchase vehicle parts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held parts pricing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held inventory management rules business, administration and law
  • already held e-procurement business, administration and law
  • already held maintain customer records information skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the sales engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 8 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 9 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held implement sales strategies required
  • required, not held negotiate sales contracts required
  • required, not held prospect new customers required
  • required, not held provide customer information related to repairs required
  • required, not held achieve sales targets required
  • required, not held advise customers on motor vehicles required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts required
  • required, not held implement marketing strategies required
  • optional, not held purchase automotive equipment optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
  • optional, not held think proactively optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
02 information skills 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held check finished vehicles for quality control required
  • required, not held issue sales quotations for repairs or maintenance required
  • required, not held calculate costs of repair operations required
  • required, not held keep up-to-date on manufacturer's policies required
  • required, not held maintain vehicle records required
  • optional, not held interpret electrical diagrams optional
  • optional, not held perform road testing of vehicles optional
03 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate automotive repair and maintenance service required
  • required, not held manage vehicle services' financial resources required
  • required, not held apply territory planning required
  • optional, not held organise storage facilities optional
04 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held consumer protection required
  • optional, not held car controls optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
06 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held capital goods industry optional
  • optional, not held supply chain principles optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sales 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held maintain customer records skill
  • already held maintain parts inventory skill
  • already held provide customer follow-up services skill
  • already held purchase vehicle parts skill
  • already held e-procurement knowledge
  • already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
  • already held inventory management rules knowledge
  • already held parts pricing knowledge
  • already held teamwork principles knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held carry out repair of vehicles optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held types of vehicles optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held purchase automotive equipment optional
  • optional, not held capital goods industry optional
  • optional, not held car controls optional
  • optional, not held carry out repair of vehicles optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held interpret electrical diagrams optional
  • optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
  • optional, not held organise storage facilities optional
  • optional, not held perform road testing of vehicles optional
  • optional, not held supply chain principles optional
  • optional, not held think proactively optional
  • optional, not held types of vehicles optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
27 held skills the sales engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse supplier's information on vehicle parts skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out shipping orders for parts skill
  • not needed by the target role check vehicle parts on delivery skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct evaluation of quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure parts packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role export control principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather information to substitute parts skill
  • not needed by the target role identify parts requested by customers skill
  • not needed by the target role identify vehicles service requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
  • not needed by the target role load products for dispatch skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturer's recommended price knowledge
  • not needed by the target role motor vehicle parts drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role new vehicles on the market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
  • not needed by the target role organise vehicle parts storage skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare shipments in time skill
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role sell vehicle parts skill
  • not needed by the target role supply chain management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of vehicle engines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use customer relationship management software skill
  • not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
5 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 consumer protection required
  • optional, not held capital goods industry optional
  • optional, not held car controls optional
  • optional, not held supply chain principles optional
  • optional, not held types of vehicles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from motor vehicles parts advisor

Full index of moves from motor vehicles parts advisor

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.