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

nanoengineertomaterials engineer

A nanoengineer already meets 48% of what the materials engineer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From nanoengineer
48%
Overlap1
To materials engineer
19 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
59.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.1/ 100

1 Share of the materials engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the nanoengineer 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 materials engineer role treats 15 of its required skills as things a nanoengineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • analytical chemistry
  • apply health and safety standards
  • approve engineering design
  • assess environmental impact
  • chemistry

What stands in the way is 12 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A materials engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a nanoengineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop chemical products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held green chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held forecast organisational risks information skills
  • already held materials engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held perform chemical experiments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held work with chemicals handling and moving

All 19 carried skills, including the 15 the materials engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 7 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held integrated design required
  • required, not held sustainable building materials required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held material mechanics required
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held properties of textile materials optional
  • optional, not held rubber technology optional
  • optional, not held types of plastic optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held semiconductors optional
  • optional, not held types of metal optional
02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop advanced materials required
  • required, not held analyse production processes for improvement required
  • required, not held develop material testing procedures required
  • required, not held test materials required
  • optional, not held assess the feasibility of implementing developments optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advanced materials required
  • required, not held composite materials required
  • required, not held thermoplastic materials required
  • optional, not held basic chemicals optional
  • optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held define quality standards optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a materials 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held analytical chemistry knowledge
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held assess environmental impact skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held forecast organisational risks skill
  • already held integrate new products in manufacturing skill
  • already held materials engineering knowledge
  • already held perform chemical experiments skill
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held test chemical samples skill
  • already held work with chemicals skill
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held develop chemical products skill
  • already held green chemistry knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held properties of textile materials optional
  • optional, not held rubber technology optional
  • optional, not held types of plastic optional
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
  • optional, not held assess the feasibility of implementing developments optional
  • optional, not held basic chemicals optional
  • optional, not held define quality standards optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held semiconductors optional
  • optional, not held types of metal optional
36 held skills the materials engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computational chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computational mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role continuum mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design optical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop components separation processes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop pharmaceutical drugs skill
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
  • not needed by the target role improve chemical processes skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role life sciences knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematical modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nanomaterials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nanotechnology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role optical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmaceutical drug development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmaceutical technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quantum computing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quantum technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solid mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role spectroscopy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
  • not needed by the target role use chemical analysis equipment skill
18 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 advanced materials required
  • required, not held integrated design required
  • required, not held sustainable building materials required
  • required, not held composite materials required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held material mechanics required
  • required, not held thermoplastic materials required
  • optional, not held envelope systems for buildings optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held properties of textile materials optional
  • optional, not held rubber technology optional
  • optional, not held types of plastic optional
  • optional, not held basic chemicals optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held semiconductors optional
  • optional, not held types of metal optional
Index

Other moves recorded from nanoengineer

Full index of moves from nanoengineer

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.