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

ordinary seamantoaircraft groomer

A ordinary seaman already meets 29% of what the aircraft groomer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ordinary seaman
29%
Overlap1
To aircraft groomer
7 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
64 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64/ 100

1 Share of the aircraft groomer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ordinary seaman 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 aircraft groomer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a ordinary seaman already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • follow hygienic procedures during food processing
  • sort waste

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft groomer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ordinary seaman background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform manual work autonomously handling and moving
  • already held sort waste handling and moving
  • already held follow verbal instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow written instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
  • already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the aircraft groomer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
  • required, not held comply with checklists required
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
02 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held vacuum surfaces required
  • required, not held perform cleaning duties required
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held inspect aircraft cleanliness required
  • required, not held report anomalies in aircraft interiors required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate verbal instructions required
  • optional, not held work in an aviation team optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aircraft groomer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held sort waste skill
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held follow verbal instructions skill
  • already held follow written instructions skill
  • already held perform manual work autonomously skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held work in an aviation team optional
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
  • optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
26 held skills the aircraft groomer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Global Maritime Distress and Safety System knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist water-based navigation skill
  • not needed by the target role clean ships skill
  • not needed by the target role handle cargo skill
  • not needed by the target role handle stressful situations in the work place skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect construction of ships skill
  • not needed by the target role load cargo onto ships skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ropes skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ship brightwork skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain vessel engine room skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain vessel safety and emergency equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate sails on vessels skill
  • not needed by the target role moor vessels skill
  • not needed by the target role operate life-saving appliances skill
  • not needed by the target role perform lookout duties during maritime operations skill
  • not needed by the target role physical parts of the vessel knowledge
  • not needed by the target role principles of cargo stowage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role secure cargo on ships skill
  • not needed by the target role secure ships using rope skill
  • not needed by the target role swim skill
  • not needed by the target role types of maritime vessels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role unmoor vessels skill
  • not needed by the target role use different types of fire extinguishers skill
  • not needed by the target role use maritime English skill
  • not needed by the target role vessel safety equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in a water transport team skill
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.