Shipwright to aircraft de-icer installer
A shipwright already meets 51% of what the aircraft de-icer installer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
47.6/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do is already part of a shipwright’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 aircraft de-icer installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aircraft de-icer installer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a shipwright already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- align components
- apply health and safety standards
- fasten components
- mechanics
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
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 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aircraft de-icer installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a shipwright background worth leading with.
- already held use power tools handling and moving
- already held align components handling and moving
- already held fasten components handling and moving
- already held liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held read engineering drawings information skills
- already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn electromechanics required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
- still to learn quality standards required
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- still to learn troubleshoot required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aircraft de-icer installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 common aviation safety regulations study this
- 02 aircraft mechanics study this
- 03 electromechanics study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held align components skill
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held fasten components skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held use power tools skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held liaise with engineers skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
62 held skills the aircraft de-icer installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role apply preliminary treatment to workpieces skill
- not needed by the target role assemble mechatronic units skill
- not needed by the target role assemble sensors skill
- not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role construct moulds skill
- not needed by the target role control engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role cutting technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role defense system knowledge
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role determine suitability of materials skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vessel compliance with regulations skill
- not needed by the target role fibreglass laminating knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial paint knowledge
- not needed by the target role install automation components skill
- not needed by the target role install mechatronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain robotic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintenance of printing machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintenance operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role manipulate wood skill
- not needed by the target role material mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics of vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role metal forming technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate 3D computer graphics software skill
- not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate handheld riveting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate lifting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate printing machinery skill
- not needed by the target role operate welding equipment skill
- not needed by the target role physical parts of the vessel knowledge
22 further entries not listed here
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
- still to learn aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn electromechanics required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a shipwright become an aircraft de-icer installer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A shipwright already covers 51% of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 8 of which the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
What skills does a shipwright need to become an aircraft de-icer installer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is common aviation safety regulations.
How hard is the move from shipwright to aircraft de-icer installer?
Its learning distance is 47.6 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.