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Wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft to rental service representative in water transport equipment

A wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft already meets 27% of what the rental service representative in water transport equipment role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
27 % overlap
Distant match
To rental service representative in water transport equipment
7 You already bring
19 Still to learn
26 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

73/ 100

1 How much of what a rental service representative in water transport equipment is expected to do is already part of a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft’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 rental service representative in water transport equipment role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A rental service representative in water transport equipment role treats 7 of its required skills as things a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • have computer literacy
  • identify customer's needs
  • industrial tools
  • machinery products
  • product comprehension
  • types of aircraft

What stands in the way is 19 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rental service representative in water transport equipment role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held types of aircraft engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held industrial tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held product comprehension business, administration and law
  • already held identify customer's needs communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the rental service representative in water transport equipment role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required
  • still to learn handle rental overdues required
  • still to learn provide customers with price information required
  • still to learn work independently in rental services required
  • still to learn achieve sales targets required
  • still to learn communicate with customers required
  • still to learn manage claims process required
02 information skills 5 required
  • still to learn maintain inventory of rented items required
  • still to learn record customers' personal data required
  • still to learn apply numeracy skills required
  • still to learn process data required
  • still to learn review completed contracts required
03 assisting and caring 3 required
  • still to learn assist customers required
  • still to learn guarantee customer satisfaction required
  • still to learn provide customer follow-up services required
04 management skills 3 required
  • still to learn handle financial transactions required
  • still to learn perform multiple tasks at the same time required
  • still to learn process payments required
05 business, administration and law 2 required
  • still to learn company policies required
  • still to learn financial capability required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a rental service representative in water transport equipment 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held industrial tools knowledge
  • already held machinery products knowledge
  • already held product comprehension knowledge
  • already held types of aircraft knowledge
  • already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
17 held skills the rental service representative in water transport equipment role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role capital goods industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
  • not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate contact with buyers skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate contact with sellers skill
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor international market performance skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate buying conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sale of commodities skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
  • not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
2 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn company policies required
  • still to learn financial capability required
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft become a rental service representative in water transport equipment?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft already covers 27% of what a rental service representative in water transport equipment is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the rental service representative in water transport equipment role treats as required.

What skills does a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft need to become a rental service representative in water transport equipment?

19 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist customers.

How hard is the move from wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft to rental service representative in water transport equipment?

Its learning distance is 73 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.