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

petroleum engineertoliquid fuel engineer

A petroleum engineer already meets 68% of what the liquid fuel engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From petroleum engineer
68%
Overlap1
To liquid fuel engineer
26 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
41.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

68%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

41.7/ 100

1 Share of the liquid fuel engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the petroleum engineer 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 liquid fuel engineer role treats 19 of its required skills as things a petroleum engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • chemistry
  • design well flow systems
  • determine flow rate enhancement
  • interpret extraction data
  • liaise with well test engineers

What stands in the way is 9 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A liquid fuel engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a petroleum engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held design well flow systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held determine flow rate enhancement working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held manage production fluid in oil production working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held liaise with mine professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use reservoir surveillance information skills
  • already held liaise with well test engineers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 26 carried skills, including the 19 the liquid fuel engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 6 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, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held alcohol fuels required
  • required, not held natural gas required
  • required, not held petroleum required
  • required, not held fossil fuels required
  • optional, not held fossil-fuel power plant operations optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held design natural gas processing systems required
  • optional, not held plan oil wells optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held biodiesel required
  • optional, not held types of fuels optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held manage environmental impact required
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held control pumping operations in petroleum production required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a liquid fuel 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held design well flow systems skill
  • already held determine flow rate enhancement skill
  • already held interpret extraction data skill
  • already held liaise with well test engineers skill
  • already held manage fluid production in gas skill
  • already held manage production fluid in oil production skill
  • already held manage well interaction skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held monitor extraction logging operations skill
  • already held monitor fuel storage tanks skill
  • already held prepare extraction proposals skill
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held report well results skill
  • already held select well equipment skill
  • already held supervise well operations skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held well testing operations knowledge
  • already held compile reservoir performance plans skill
  • already held design well for petroleum production skill
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held liaise with mine professionals skill
  • already held prepare well formation evaluation programmes skill
  • already held provide petroleum engineering support skill
  • already held use reservoir surveillance skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held fossil-fuel power plant operations optional
  • optional, not held plan oil wells optional
  • optional, not held types of fuels optional
1 held skills the liquid fuel engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
8 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 alcohol fuels required
  • required, not held biodiesel required
  • required, not held natural gas required
  • required, not held petroleum required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • required, not held fossil fuels required
  • optional, not held fossil-fuel power plant operations optional
  • optional, not held types of fuels 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.