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

scrap metal operativetofoundry manager

A scrap metal operative already meets 16% of what the foundry manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From scrap metal operative
16%
Overlap1
To foundry manager
4 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
74.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

16%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.6/ 100

1 Share of the foundry manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the scrap metal operative 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 foundry manager role treats 2 of its required skills as things a scrap metal operative already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • types of metal manufacturing processes

What stands in the way is 9 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A foundry manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a scrap metal operative background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held types of metal manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held physics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation assisting and caring
  • already held quality standards business, administration and law

All 4 carried skills, including the 2 the foundry manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held improve business processes required
  • required, not held optimise financial performance required
  • optional, not held follow manufacturing work schedule optional
  • optional, not held identify market niches optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held forecast organisational risks required
  • required, not held manage commercial risks required
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cost management required
  • required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • optional, not held ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held non-ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held design drawings optional
  • optional, not held precious metals optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
  • optional, not held design metal components optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow company standards required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a foundry manager 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held physics knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design metal components optional
  • optional, not held ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held follow manufacturing work schedule optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held non-ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held design drawings optional
  • optional, not held identify market niches optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held precious metals optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
16 held skills the foundry manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role apply various lifting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
  • not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role guide cranes skill
  • not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maximise efficiency of crane operations skill
  • not needed by the target role operate hydraulic machinery controls skill
  • not needed by the target role operate metal fabricating machines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role resolve equipment malfunctions skill
  • not needed by the target role use shaping machinery skill
9 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 cost management required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held legal requirements of ICT products required
  • optional, not held ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held non-ferrous metal processing optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held design drawings optional
  • optional, not held precious metals optional
Index

Other moves recorded from scrap metal operative

Full index of moves from scrap metal operative

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.