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

product development engineering techniciantopneumatic engineering technician

A product development engineering technician already meets 47% of what the pneumatic engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From product development engineering technician
47%
Overlap1
To pneumatic engineering technician
12 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
48.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.4/ 100

1 Share of the pneumatic engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the product development 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.

Why

Why this move works

A pneumatic engineering technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a product development engineering technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • create solutions to problems
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • record test data
  • troubleshoot

What stands in the way is 6 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pneumatic engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product development engineering technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held CAD software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use CAD software working with computers
  • already held adjust engineering designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held record test data information skills
  • already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the pneumatic engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 constructing 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held perform maintenance on installed equipment required
  • optional, not held control air flow optional
  • optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
  • optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with engineers required
  • optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held pneumatics required
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held CAE software required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held read engineering drawings required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held conduct routine machinery checks required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pneumatic engineering technician 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held record test data skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
  • optional, not held secure working area optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held control air flow optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
  • optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
  • optional, not held resolve equipment malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held secure working area optional
22 held skills the pneumatic engineering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of materials skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role assess integrated domotics systems skill
  • not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
  • not needed by the target role blueprints knowledge
  • not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role develop product design skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role material mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan manufacturing processes skill
  • not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use computer-aided engineering systems skill
  • not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
  • not needed by the target role write stress-strain analysis reports skill
4 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 CAE software required
  • required, not held pneumatics required
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
  • optional, not held mathematics 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.