Vehicle maintenance attendant to roadside vehicle technician
A vehicle maintenance attendant already meets 44% of what the roadside vehicle technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a roadside vehicle technician is expected to do is already part of a vehicle maintenance attendant’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 roadside vehicle technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A roadside vehicle technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a vehicle maintenance attendant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- car controls
- drive vehicles
- execute working instructions
- identify vehicles service requirements
- maintain vehicle records
- perform manual work autonomously
What stands in the way is 7 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A roadside vehicle technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vehicle maintenance attendant background worth leading with.
- already held fix minor vehicle scratches handling and moving
- already held perform minor vehicle repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held identify vehicles service requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain vehicle records information skills
- already held perform technical tasks with great care working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held car controls services
All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the roadside vehicle technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 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 communicate with customers required
- still to learn respond to customers' inquiries required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held adapt to new technology used in cars optional
- optional, not held advise customers on usage of vehicles optional
- optional, not held provide customer information related to repairs optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- still to learn carry out repair of vehicles required
- still to learn carry out repairs and maintenance of vehicle bodies required
- optional, not held operate towtruck optional
- optional, not held carry out repair of motorcycles optional
- optional, not held perform defensive driving optional
- optional, not held repair vehicle electrical systems optional
- still to learn maintain motorcycle records required
- optional, not held perform road testing of vehicles optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- still to learn organise vehicle breakdown support required
- optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held types of vehicle engines optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held use automotive diagnostic equipment optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a roadside vehicle technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out repair of vehicles practise this
- 02 carry out repairs and maintenance of vehicle bodies practise this
- 03 maintain motorcycle records 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held car controls knowledge
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held identify vehicles service requirements skill
- already held maintain vehicle records skill
- already held perform manual work autonomously skill
- already held perform technical tasks with great care skill
- already held types of vehicles knowledge
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held fix minor vehicle scratches skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held perform minor vehicle repairs skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate towtruck optional
- optional, not held adapt to new technology used in cars optional
- optional, not held advise customers on usage of vehicles optional
- optional, not held carry out repair of motorcycles optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held perform defensive driving optional
- optional, not held provide customer information related to repairs optional
- optional, not held repair vehicle electrical systems optional
- optional, not held use automotive diagnostic equipment optional
- optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held perform road testing of vehicles optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- optional, not held types of vehicle engines optional
13 held skills the roadside vehicle technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role carry out improvised vehicle repairs skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of vehicle cleaning supplies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role order supplies for vehicle maintenance and repair skill
- not needed by the target role position vehicles for maintenance and repair skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role report accounts of the professional activity skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held types of vehicle engines optional
Other moves recorded from vehicle maintenance attendant
Common questions about this move
Can a vehicle maintenance attendant become a roadside vehicle technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A vehicle maintenance attendant already covers 44% of what a roadside vehicle technician is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 8 of which the roadside vehicle technician role treats as required.
What skills does a vehicle maintenance attendant need to become a roadside vehicle technician?
7 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is carry out repair of vehicles.
How hard is the move from vehicle maintenance attendant to roadside vehicle technician?
Its learning distance is 58 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.