Roadside vehicle technician to vehicle maintenance attendant
A roadside vehicle technician already meets 50% of what the vehicle maintenance attendant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
49/ 100
1 How much of what a vehicle maintenance attendant is expected to do is already part of a roadside vehicle technician’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 vehicle maintenance attendant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A vehicle maintenance attendant role treats 7 of its required skills as things a roadside vehicle technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- car controls
- ensure client orientation
- execute working instructions
- identify vehicles service requirements
- perform manual work autonomously
- perform technical tasks with great care
What stands in the way is 7 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vehicle maintenance attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a roadside vehicle technician background worth leading with.
- already held fix minor vehicle scratches handling and moving
- already held perform minor vehicle repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held identify vehicles service requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain vehicle records information skills
- already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held car controls services
All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the vehicle maintenance attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- still to learn follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health required
- still to learn position vehicles for maintenance and repair required
- still to learn execute vehicle maintenance required
- still to learn handle chemical cleaning agents required
- still to learn maintain work area cleanliness required
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- still to learn carry out improvised vehicle repairs required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
- optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
- optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
- optional, not held mechanical tools optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vehicle maintenance attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out improvised vehicle repairs practise this
- 02 follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health practise this
- 03 position vehicles for maintenance and repair practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held car controls knowledge
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held identify vehicles service requirements skill
- already held perform manual work autonomously skill
- already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
- already held types of vehicles knowledge
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held fix minor vehicle scratches skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held maintain vehicle records skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held perform minor vehicle repairs skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies optional
- optional, not held order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair optional
- optional, not held report accounts of the professional activity optional
- optional, not held mechanical tools optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
23 held skills the vehicle maintenance attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to new technology used in cars skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on usage of vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role carry out repair of motorcycles skill
- not needed by the target role carry out repair of vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role carry out repairs and maintenance of vehicle bodies skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
- not needed by the target role maintain motorcycle records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle appearance skill
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate towtruck skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle breakdown support skill
- not needed by the target role perform defensive driving skill
- not needed by the target role perform road testing of vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role provide customer information related to repairs skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role repair vehicle electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role types of vehicle engines knowledge
- not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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 mechanical tools optional
- optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Other moves recorded from roadside vehicle technician
Common questions about this move
Can a roadside vehicle technician become a vehicle maintenance attendant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A roadside vehicle technician already covers 50% of what a vehicle maintenance attendant is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 7 of which the vehicle maintenance attendant role treats as required.
What skills does a roadside vehicle technician need to become a vehicle maintenance attendant?
7 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is carry out improvised vehicle repairs.
How hard is the move from roadside vehicle technician to vehicle maintenance attendant?
Its learning distance is 49 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.