pneumatic engineering techniciantoprocess engineering technician
A pneumatic engineering technician already meets 64% of what the process engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 38.3 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the process engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pneumatic engineering technician 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A process engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pneumatic engineering technician background worth leading with.
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
- already held secure working area assisting and caring
- already held conduct routine machinery checks working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate welding equipment constructing
- already held operate soldering equipment constructing
- already held CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
All 22 carried skills, including the 11 the process engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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.
- required, not held advise on manufacturing problems required
- required, not held collaborate with engineers required
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- required, not held manufacturing processes required
- optional, not held production engineering optional
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- optional, not held industrial research and development optional
- optional, not held sustainable technologies optional
- required, not held analyse test data required
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held use computer-aided engineering systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a process engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 02 advise on manufacturing problems skill · cross sector
- 03 analyse test data 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 22 skills that carry over
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held conduct routine machinery checks skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held operate soldering equipment skill
- already held operate welding equipment skill
- already held oversee quality control skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held secure working area skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use testing equipment skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held production engineering optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- optional, not held create technical plans optional
- optional, not held industrial research and development optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held sustainable technologies optional
- optional, not held use computer-aided engineering systems optional
5 held skills the process engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role control air flow skill
- not needed by the target role fluid mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role install pneumatic systems skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role pneumatics knowledge
5 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 manufacturing processes required
- optional, not held production engineering optional
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- optional, not held industrial research and development optional
- optional, not held sustainable technologies optional
Other moves recorded from pneumatic engineering technician
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.