Sports equipment repair technician to office equipment repair technician
A sports equipment repair technician already meets 47% of what the office equipment repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.6/ 100
1 How much of what an office equipment repair technician is expected to do is already part of a sports equipment repair 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 office equipment repair technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An office equipment repair technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a sports equipment repair technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- create solutions to problems
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- maintain records of maintenance interventions
- perform minor repairs to equipment
- perform test run
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 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An office equipment repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sports equipment repair technician background worth leading with.
- already held use repair manuals information skills
- already held keep stock records information skills
- already held maintain records of maintenance interventions information skills
- already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform minor repairs to equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the office equipment repair technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 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 repair electronic components required
- still to learn repair equipment on site required
- still to learn use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs required
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- still to learn instruct clients on the usage of office equipment required
- still to learn provide customer information related to repairs required
- optional, not held sell office equipment optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn set up office equipment required
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
- still to learn perform maintenance on installed equipment required
- still to learn electronics required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an office equipment repair technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 instruct clients on the usage of office equipment practise this
- 02 set up office equipment practise this
- 03 provide customer information related to repairs 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held use repair manuals skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held keep stock records skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held transport office equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sell office equipment optional
- optional, not held transport office equipment optional
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
19 held skills the office equipment repair technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role advise on sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role assist customers skill
- not needed by the target role features of sporting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow trends in sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role issue sport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with suppliers of sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role make bowstrings skill
- not needed by the target role monitor sports equipment skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role sporting equipment usage knowledge
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
- not needed by the target role use power tools skill
- not needed by the target role use wire hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role water skiing knowledge
1 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 electronics required
Other moves recorded from sports equipment repair technician
Common questions about this move
Can a sports equipment repair technician become an office equipment repair technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A sports equipment repair technician already covers 47% of what an office equipment repair technician is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 9 of which the office equipment repair technician role treats as required.
What skills does a sports equipment repair technician need to become an office equipment repair technician?
9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is instruct clients on the usage of office equipment.
How hard is the move from sports equipment repair technician to office equipment repair technician?
Its learning distance is 56.6 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.