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

stringed musical instrument makertoorgan builder

A stringed musical instrument maker already meets 76% of what the organ builder role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From stringed musical instrument maker
76%
Overlap1
To organ builder
35 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
29.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 29.2

This move: 29.2 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the organ builder role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stringed musical instrument maker 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 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A organ builder role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stringed musical instrument maker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tuning techniques arts and humanities
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • already held create musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • already held musical instruments materials arts and humanities
  • already held restore musical instruments handling and moving
  • already held design musical instruments communication, collaboration and creativity

All 35 carried skills, including the 14 the organ builder role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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 handling and moving 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held install organs required
  • required, not held produce organ components required
  • required, not held create wood joints required
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held tune keyboard music instruments required
  • optional, not held develop design plans optional
03 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held join metals required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held types of metal required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a organ builder 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 35 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply a protective layer skill
  • already held assemble musical instrument parts skill
  • already held create musical instrument parts skill
  • already held create smooth wood surface skill
  • already held join wood elements skill
  • already held maintain musical instruments skill
  • already held manipulate wood skill
  • already held metalworking knowledge
  • already held musical instruments knowledge
  • already held musical instruments materials knowledge
  • already held repair musical instruments skill
  • already held restore musical instruments skill
  • already held sand wood skill
  • already held tuning techniques knowledge
  • already held 3D modelling knowledge
  • already held acoustics knowledge
  • already held apply restoration techniques skill
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held decorate musical instruments skill
  • already held design musical instruments skill
  • already held dye wood skill
  • already held estimate restoration costs skill
  • already held estimate value of musical instruments skill
  • already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
  • already held history of musical instruments knowledge
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held musical instrument accessories knowledge
  • already held organic building materials knowledge
  • already held pass on trade techniques skill
  • already held play musical instruments skill
  • already held select restoration activities skill
  • already held stain wood skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held trade in musical instruments skill
  • already held verify product specifications skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
  • optional, not held develop design plans optional
15 held skills the organ builder role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make bowstrings skill
  • not needed by the target role produce guitar components skill
  • not needed by the target role produce harp components skill
  • not needed by the target role produce violin bows skill
  • not needed by the target role produce violin components skill
  • not needed by the target role sales promotion techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tune stringed musical instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role types of guitars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of spring knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of strings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of violins knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of wood knowledge
  • not needed by the target role wood cuts 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held types of metal required
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.