RecordMove

Patent engineer to transport engineer

A patent engineer already meets 20% of what the transport engineer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From patent engineer

Distant match

To transport engineer

5 You already bring

15 Still to learn

33 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance A rebuild

76.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a transport engineer is expected to do is already part of a patent engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the transport engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A transport engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a patent engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

adjust engineering designs
civil engineering
design principles
engineering principles
engineering processes

What stands in the way is 15 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A transport engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a patent engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held design principles arts and humanities
already held adjust engineering designs communication, collaboration and creativity
already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held engineering principles engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the transport engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn construction methods required
still to learn technical drawings required
still to learn transportation engineering required
still to learn urban planning required

optional, not held environmental engineering optional
optional, not held safety engineering optional
optional, not held traffic engineering optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn apply transportation management concepts required
still to learn promote the use of sustainable transport required
still to learn approve engineering design required
still to learn design transportation systems required

optional, not held promote innovative infrastructure design optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn road transport legislation required

optional, not held green logistics optional
optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
optional, not held urban planning law optional

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required

optional, not held analyse transport studies optional
optional, not held execute feasibility study optional

05 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn use technical drawing software required

optional, not held simulate transport problems optional
optional, not held use CAD software optional

06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn manage budgets required

optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a transport 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 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held adjust engineering designs skill
already held civil engineering knowledge
already held design principles knowledge
already held engineering principles knowledge
already held engineering processes knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 services 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn transportation methods required

optional, not held health and safety regulations optional

08 assisting and caring 1 required

still to learn follow health and safety procedures in construction required

09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required

still to learn mathematics required

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
optional, not held promote innovative infrastructure design optional
optional, not held analyse transport studies optional
optional, not held environmental engineering optional
optional, not held execute feasibility study optional
optional, not held green logistics optional
optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
optional, not held safety engineering optional
optional, not held simulate transport problems optional
optional, not held traffic engineering optional
optional, not held urban planning law optional
optional, not held use CAD software optional

29 held skills the transport engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on patents skill
not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
not needed by the target role apply for patents skill
not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
not needed by the target role communication knowledge
not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
not needed by the target role coordinate engineering teams skill
not needed by the target role create patent draft skill
not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
not needed by the target role legal terminology knowledge
not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role market research knowledge
not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role patents knowledge
not needed by the target role present arguments persuasively skill
not needed by the target role present legal arguments skill
not needed by the target role project management knowledge
not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role provide advice on trademarks skill
not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
not needed by the target role represent the company skill
not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
not needed by the target role trademarks knowledge

14 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 pick up Tier

still to learn road transport legislation required
still to learn transportation methods required
still to learn construction methods required
still to learn mathematics required
still to learn technical drawings required
still to learn transportation engineering required
still to learn urban planning required
optional, not held environmental engineering optional
optional, not held green logistics optional
optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
optional, not held safety engineering optional
optional, not held traffic engineering optional
optional, not held urban planning law optional

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a patent engineer become a transport engineer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A patent engineer already covers 20% of what a transport engineer is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the transport engineer role treats as required.

What skills does a patent engineer need to become a transport engineer?

15 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is apply transportation management concepts.

How hard is the move from patent engineer to transport engineer?

Its learning distance is 76.4 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.