Transport engineer to fisheries engineering technician
A transport engineer already meets 33% of what the fisheries engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.4/ 100
1 How much of what a fisheries engineering technician is expected to do is already part of a transport engineer’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 fisheries engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A fisheries engineering technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a transport engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- mathematics
What stands in the way is 14 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fisheries engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a transport engineer background worth leading with.
- already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
- already held use technical drawing software working with computers
- already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held adjust engineering designs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the fisheries engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 9 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 mechanical engineering required
- still to learn mechanics of vessels required
- still to learn mechanics required
- still to learn pollution prevention required
- still to learn fisheries legislation required
- still to learn fishing vessels required
- still to learn quality of fish products required
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
- still to learn ensure vessel compliance with regulations required
- still to learn extinguish fires required
- still to learn survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment required
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
- still to learn international regulations for preventing collisions at sea required
- still to learn International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships required
- still to learn use maritime English required
- still to learn perform scientific research required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fisheries engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure vessel compliance with regulations practise this
- 02 fisheries legislation study this
- 03 fishing vessels 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
- optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
- optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
- optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
- optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
25 held skills the fisheries engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse transport studies skill
- not needed by the target role apply transportation management concepts skill
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role design transportation systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
- not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- not needed by the target role green logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role multimodal transport logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote innovative infrastructure design skill
- not needed by the target role promote the use of sustainable transport skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role simulate transport problems skill
- not needed by the target role traffic engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role transportation engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
11 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 fisheries legislation required
- still to learn fishing vessels required
- still to learn international regulations for preventing collisions at sea required
- still to learn mechanical engineering required
- still to learn mechanics of vessels required
- still to learn International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships required
- still to learn mechanics required
- still to learn pollution prevention required
- still to learn quality of fish products required
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
Common questions about this move
Can a transport engineer become a fisheries engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A transport engineer already covers 33% of what a fisheries engineering technician is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 8 of which the fisheries engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does a transport engineer need to become a fisheries engineering technician?
14 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is ensure vessel compliance with regulations.
How hard is the move from transport engineer to fisheries engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 67.4 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.