pipeline pump operatortopipeline maintenance worker
A pipeline pump operator already meets 48% of what the pipeline maintenance worker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
51.9/ 100
1 Share of the pipeline maintenance worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pipeline pump operator 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 pipeline maintenance worker role treats 9 of its required skills as things a pipeline pump operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply health and safety standards
- handle chemicals
- maintain pipeline coating properties
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- pipeline coating properties
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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pipeline maintenance worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pipeline pump operator background worth leading with.
- already held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline information skills
- already held maintain pipeline coating properties working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held use rigging equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held pipeline coating properties engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held prevent pipeline deterioration constructing
- already held handle chemicals handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the pipeline maintenance worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 cooperate with colleagues required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held follow written instructions required
- required, not held measure parts of manufactured products required
- required, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations required
- required, not held inspect pipelines required
- optional, not held assemble manufactured pipeline parts optional
- optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
- required, not held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures required
- optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional
- required, not held maintain equipment required
- optional, not held types of pipelines optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pipeline maintenance worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill · sector specific
- 02 inspect pipelines skill · sector specific
- 03 measure parts of manufactured products skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held handle chemicals skill
- already held maintain pipeline coating properties skill
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held pipeline coating properties knowledge
- already held prevent pipeline deterioration skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held use rigging equipment skill
- already held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
- optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assemble manufactured pipeline parts optional
- optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional
- optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
- optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
- optional, not held types of pipelines optional
- optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
20 held skills the pipeline maintenance worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act with a high level of safety awareness skill
- not needed by the target role adjust tightness of pump components skill
- not needed by the target role consult technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to bilge and ballast operations skill
- not needed by the target role maintain tanks skill
- not needed by the target role manage fuelling system skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor fuel storage tanks skill
- not needed by the target role monitor gauge skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic jack lift skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic pumps skill
- not needed by the target role operate lifting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate pumping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pump products skill
- not needed by the target role regulate the flow of substances in pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role rigging terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role transfer liquid goods skill
- not needed by the target role transfer oil skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
- optional, not held types of pipelines optional
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.