moulding machine techniciantoagricultural machinery technician
A moulding machine technician already meets 71% of what the agricultural machinery technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 31.6 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the agricultural machinery technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the moulding machine 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A agricultural machinery technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a moulding machine technician background worth leading with.
- already held install pneumatic systems constructing
- already held maintain hydraulic systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held install hydraulic systems constructing
- already held prepare compliance documents information skills
- already held maintain electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held pneumatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 27 carried skills, including the 10 the agricultural machinery technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 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.
- required, not held drive agricultural machines required
- required, not held maintain agricultural machinery required
- required, not held perform machine maintenance required
- optional, not held operate agricultural machinery optional
- optional, not held maintain air conditioning systems optional
- required, not held agricultural equipment required
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a agricultural machinery technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agricultural equipment knowledge · sector specific
- 02 drive agricultural machines skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain agricultural machinery skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held operate welding equipment 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 advise on safety improvements 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 electrical and electronic equipment skill
- already held install hydraulic systems skill
- already held install pneumatic systems skill
- already held maintain electrical equipment skill
- already held maintain electronic equipment skill
- already held maintain hydraulic systems skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held pneumatics knowledge
- already held prepare compliance documents skill
- already held provide customer information related to repairs skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held write records for repairs skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held operate agricultural machinery optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held maintain air conditioning systems optional
8 held skills the agricultural machinery technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role maintain moulds skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
- not needed by the target role repair mould defects skill
- not needed by the target role replace defect components skill
- not needed by the target role tend mouldmaking machines skill
- not needed by the target role types of moulding knowledge
- not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held agricultural equipment required
- optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
Other moves recorded from moulding machine technician
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.