non-destructive testing specialisttopneumatic engineering technician
A non-destructive testing specialist already meets 27% of what the pneumatic engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
64.9/ 100
1 Share of the pneumatic engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the non-destructive testing specialist 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 this move works
A pneumatic engineering technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a non-destructive testing specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- create solutions to problems
- engineering principles
- liaise with engineers
- record test data
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pneumatic engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a non-destructive testing specialist background worth leading with.
- already held use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held record test data information skills
- already held mathematics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held engineering principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held create solutions to problems communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the pneumatic engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 9 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 adjust engineering designs required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- required, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment required
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- required, not held engineering processes required
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- required, not held CAE software required
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- required, not held read engineering drawings required
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- required, not held pneumatics required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pneumatic engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 engineering processes knowledge · sector specific
- 02 CAE software knowledge · cross sector
- 03 adjust engineering designs 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held use testing equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held conduct routine machinery checks required
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held control air flow optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
- optional, not held secure working area optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
18 held skills the pneumatic engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role develop material testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role examine civil structures skill
- not needed by the target role identify defects in concrete skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role maintain test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role make radiographic images skill
- not needed by the target role non-destructive testing knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform liquid penetrant tests skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role report test findings skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use non-destructive testing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use ultrasonic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear 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.
- required, not held engineering processes required
- required, not held CAE software required
- required, not held pneumatics required
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Other moves recorded from non-destructive testing specialist
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.