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

musical instrument techniciantokeyboard musical instrument maker

A musical instrument technician already meets 67% of what the keyboard musical instrument maker role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.

From musical instrument technician
67%
Overlap1
To keyboard musical instrument maker
26 Skills carried over
1 Required, not held
36.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 36.9

This move: 36.9 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the keyboard 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A keyboard 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 tune keyboard music instruments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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 26 carried skills, including the 12 the keyboard musical instrument maker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply a protective layer required
  • optional, not held join metals optional
  • optional, not held join wood elements optional
02 handling and moving 11 supplementary
  • optional, not held install organs optional
  • optional, not held produce harpsichord components optional
  • optional, not held produce organ components optional
  • optional, not held produce piano components optional
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
  • optional, not held create smooth wood surface optional
  • optional, not held create wood joints optional
  • optional, not held dye wood optional
  • optional, not held manipulate wood optional
  • optional, not held sand wood optional
  • optional, not held stain wood optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
  • optional, not held types of metal optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 1 entries a keyboard 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts skill
  • already held create musical instrument parts skill
  • already held decorate musical instruments skill
  • already held maintain musical instruments skill
  • already held metalworking knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical instruments materials knowledge
  • already held organic building materials knowledge
  • already held repair musical instruments skill
  • already held restore musical instruments skill
  • already held tune keyboard music instruments skill
  • already held tuning techniques knowledge
  • already held acoustics knowledge
  • already held apply restoration techniques 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 pass on trade techniques skill
  • already held play musical instruments skill
  • already held trade in musical instruments skill
  • already held verify product specifications skill
  • already held woodturning knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop design plans optional
08 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held select restoration activities optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held install organs optional
  • optional, not held join metals optional
  • optional, not held produce harpsichord components optional
  • optional, not held produce organ components optional
  • optional, not held produce piano components optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held select restoration activities optional
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held create smooth wood surface optional
  • optional, not held create wood joints optional
  • optional, not held develop design plans optional
  • optional, not held dye wood optional
  • optional, not held join wood elements optional
  • optional, not held manipulate wood optional
  • optional, not held sand wood optional
  • optional, not held stain wood optional
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
  • optional, not held types of metal optional
3 held skills the keyboard musical instrument maker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role prevent technical problems of musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role rewire electronic musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role tune stringed musical instruments skill
6 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
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
  • optional, not held types of metal 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.