Career Overlap Transition record
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Rental service representative in air transport equipment to wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

A rental service representative in air transport equipment already meets 30% of what the wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From rental service representative in air transport equipment
30 % overlap
Distant match
To wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
7 You already bring
16 Still to learn
24 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.4/ 100

1 How much of what a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft is expected to do is already part of a rental service representative in air transport equipment’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role treats 7 of its required skills as things a rental service representative in air transport equipment already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • have computer literacy
  • identify customer's needs
  • industrial tools
  • machinery products
  • product comprehension
  • types of aircraft

What stands in the way is 16 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rental service representative in air transport equipment background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held types of aircraft engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held industrial tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held product comprehension business, administration and law
  • already held identify customer's needs communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required
  • still to learn initiate contact with buyers required
  • still to learn initiate contact with sellers required
  • still to learn negotiate sale of commodities required
  • still to learn negotiate sales contracts required
  • still to learn build business relationships required
  • still to learn negotiate buying conditions required
02 information skills 5 required
  • still to learn assess supplier risks required
  • still to learn comprehend financial business terminology required
  • still to learn maintain financial records required
  • still to learn monitor international market performance required
  • still to learn perform market research required
03 management skills 3 required
  • still to learn plan transport operations required
  • still to learn identify new business opportunities required
  • still to learn identify suppliers required
04 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn capital goods industry required
  • still to learn sales strategies required
  • optional, not held international business optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held industrial tools knowledge
  • already held machinery products knowledge
  • already held product comprehension knowledge
  • already held types of aircraft knowledge
  • already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held international business optional
19 held skills the wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
  • not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assist customers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role handle rental overdues skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of rented items skill
  • not needed by the target role manage claims process skill
  • not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customers with price information skill
  • not needed by the target role record customers' personal data skill
  • not needed by the target role review completed contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role work independently in rental services skill
3 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn capital goods industry required
  • still to learn sales strategies required
  • optional, not held international business optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a rental service representative in air transport equipment become a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A rental service representative in air transport equipment already covers 30% of what a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role treats as required.

What skills does a rental service representative in air transport equipment need to become a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft?

16 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assess supplier risks.

How hard is the move from rental service representative in air transport equipment to wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft?

Its learning distance is 69.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.