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

rolling stock assembly inspectortoaircraft engine inspector

A rolling stock assembly inspector already meets 67% of what the aircraft engine inspector role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From rolling stock assembly inspector
67%
Overlap1
To aircraft engine inspector
25 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
38.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 38.6

This move: 38.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the aircraft engine inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rolling stock assembly inspector 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft engine inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rolling stock assembly inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held act as contact person during equipment incident assisting and caring
  • already held prepare audit activities management skills
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line handling and moving
  • already held manage maintenance operations management skills
  • already held lead inspections information skills
  • already held maintain test equipment constructing

All 25 carried skills, including the 14 the aircraft engine inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held operation of different engines required
  • required, not held aircraft mechanics required
  • required, not held engine components required
02 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held evaluate engine performance required
  • required, not held inspect aircraft manufacturing required
  • optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft for airworthiness optional
  • optional, not held record test data optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held disassemble engines optional
  • optional, not held re-assemble engines optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held position engine on test stand optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aircraft engine inspector 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct performance tests skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held electromechanics knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held inspect quality of products skill
  • already held manage health and safety standards skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
  • already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held read standard blueprints skill
  • already held use technical documentation skill
  • already held use testing equipment skill
  • already held write inspection reports skill
  • already held act as contact person during equipment incident skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held lead inspections skill
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held maintain test equipment skill
  • already held manage maintenance operations skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held prepare audit activities skill
  • already held send faulty equipment back to assembly line skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
  • already held supervise work skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
  • optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
  • optional, not held disassemble engines optional
  • optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
  • optional, not held re-assemble engines optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft for airworthiness optional
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
  • optional, not held record test data optional
6 held skills the aircraft engine inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role European Train Control System knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control compliance of railway vehicles regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect manufacture of rolling stock skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanics of trains knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor railway vehicles documentation skill
5 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 common aviation safety regulations required
  • required, not held operation of different engines required
  • required, not held aircraft mechanics required
  • required, not held engine components required
  • optional, not held aircraft flight control systems 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.