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

watch and clock repairertobicycle mechanic

A watch and clock repairer already meets 41% of what the bicycle mechanic role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From watch and clock repairer
41%
Overlap1
To bicycle mechanic
14 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
58.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.7/ 100

1 Share of the bicycle mechanic role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the watch and clock repairer 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.

Why

Why this move works

A bicycle mechanic role treats 5 of its required skills as things a watch and clock repairer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply company policies
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain equipment
  • replace defect components
  • use repair manuals

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bicycle mechanic role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a watch and clock repairer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use repair manuals information skills
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held keep stock records information skills
  • already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
  • already held maintain professional administration management skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 5 the bicycle mechanic role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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
  • required, not held assemble bicycles required
  • required, not held wash bicycles required
  • required, not held maintain work area cleanliness required
02 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held maintain braking system required
  • required, not held tune bicycles required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held purchase supplies required
  • optional, not held sell bicycles optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held bicycle mechanics required
  • optional, not held electric bicycles optional
  • optional, not held electric drives optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform repairs on bicycles required
  • optional, not held repair electric bicycles optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bicycle mechanic 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply company policies skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held replace defect components skill
  • already held use repair manuals skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held ensure compliance with warranty contracts skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held keep stock records 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held repair electric bicycles optional
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
  • optional, not held electric bicycles optional
  • optional, not held electric drives optional
  • optional, not held sell bicycles optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held maintain records of maintenance interventions optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
26 held skills the bicycle mechanic role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise customers on jewellery and watches skill
  • not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role attach clock cases skill
  • not needed by the target role attach clock dials skill
  • not needed by the target role attach clock hands skill
  • not needed by the target role attach clockwork skill
  • not needed by the target role attach pendulums skill
  • not needed by the target role change watch battery skill
  • not needed by the target role components of clocks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role demagnetise watches skill
  • not needed by the target role electric clocks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle jewellery and watches insurance claims skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect clocks skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain clocks skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanical clocks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mount clock wheelwork skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role operate battery test equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer information related to repairs skill
  • not needed by the target role repair clocks skill
  • not needed by the target role restore antique clocks skill
  • not needed by the target role sell clocks skill
  • not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
  • not needed by the target role use watchmaker's tools skill
3 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 bicycle mechanics required
  • optional, not held electric bicycles optional
  • optional, not held electric drives optional
Index

Other moves recorded from watch and clock repairer

Full index of moves from watch and clock repairer

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.