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

process metallurgisttochemical metallurgist

A process metallurgist already meets 80% of what the chemical metallurgist role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From process metallurgist
80%
Overlap1
To chemical metallurgist
29 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
25.5 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 25.5

This move: 25.5 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the chemical metallurgist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the process metallurgist 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chemical metallurgist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a process metallurgist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop new installations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held chemical technologies in metal manufacture engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held conduct metallurgical structural analysis information skills
  • already held install monitors for process control working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held separate metals from ores working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held alloys of precious metals engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 29 carried skills, including the 19 the chemical metallurgist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 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 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held perform sample testing required
  • optional, not held interpret extraction data optional
  • optional, not held monitor extraction logging operations optional
  • optional, not held prepare extraction proposals optional
  • optional, not held test raw minerals optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
03 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held prepare samples for testing required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held oxidation required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held extract materials from furnace optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chemical metallurgist 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 29 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held alloys of precious metals knowledge
  • already held assess suitability of metal types for specific application skill
  • already held chemical processes knowledge
  • already held chemical technologies in metal manufacture knowledge
  • already held conduct metallurgical structural analysis skill
  • already held develop new installations skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • already held join metals skill
  • already held manipulate metal skill
  • already held metal and metal ore products knowledge
  • already held metal forming technologies knowledge
  • already held monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
  • already held non-ferrous metal processing knowledge
  • already held precious metal processing knowledge
  • already held precious metals knowledge
  • already held prepare scientific reports skill
  • already held types of metal knowledge
  • already held work in metal manufacture teams skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held extract products from moulds skill
  • already held innovation processes knowledge
  • already held install monitors for process control skill
  • already held liaise with quality assurance skill
  • already held materials engineering knowledge
  • already held physics knowledge
  • already held process incident reports for prevention skill
  • already held separate metals from ores skill
  • already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held extract materials from furnace optional
  • optional, not held interpret extraction data optional
  • optional, not held monitor extraction logging operations optional
  • optional, not held prepare extraction proposals optional
  • optional, not held test raw minerals optional
8 held skills the chemical metallurgist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design metal components skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
  • not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of jewellery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
1 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 oxidation required
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.