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

musical instrument techniciantoelectronic musical instrument maker

A musical instrument technician already meets 77% of what the electronic musical instrument maker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From musical instrument technician
77%
Overlap1
To electronic musical instrument maker
25 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
23.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 23.8

This move: 23.8 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the electronic musical instrument maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the musical instrument 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A electronic musical instrument maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a musical instrument technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held rewire electronic musical instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held tuning techniques arts and humanities
  • already held woodturning engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • already held create musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • already held musical instruments materials arts and humanities

All 25 carried skills, including the 9 the electronic musical instrument maker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 5 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 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held apply a protective layer required
  • required, not held solder electronics required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
03 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held select restoration activities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a electronic musical instrument maker 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts skill
  • already held create musical instrument parts skill
  • already held maintain musical instruments skill
  • already held metalworking knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical instruments materials knowledge
  • already held repair musical instruments skill
  • already held rewire electronic musical instruments skill
  • already held tuning techniques knowledge
  • already held acoustics knowledge
  • already held apply restoration techniques skill
  • already held decorate musical instruments skill
  • already held design musical instruments skill
  • already held estimate restoration costs skill
  • already held estimate value of musical instruments skill
  • already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
  • already held history of musical instruments knowledge
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held musical instrument accessories knowledge
  • already held organic building materials knowledge
  • already held pass on trade techniques skill
  • already held restore musical instruments skill
  • already held trade in musical instruments skill
  • already held verify product specifications skill
  • already held woodturning knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held select restoration activities optional
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
4 held skills the electronic musical instrument maker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role play musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent technical problems of musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role tune keyboard music instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role tune stringed musical instruments skill
4 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 electronics required
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
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.