Wood treater to wood fuel pelletiser

• already held set up the controller of a machine skill
• already held supply machine skill
• already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
• already held wood moisture content knowledge
• already held check quality of raw materials skill
• already held dry wood skill
• already held identify hazards in the workplace skill
• already held inspect quality of products skill
• already held keep records of work progress skill
• already held perform machine maintenance skill
• already held prepare wood production reports skill
• already held record production data for quality control skill

• optional, not held feed charcoal hoppers optional
• optional, not held maintain hammer mill optional
• optional, not held operate hammer mill optional
• optional, not held repair hammer mill optional
• optional, not held measure furnace temperature optional
• optional, not held use non-destructive testing equipment optional
• optional, not held weigh materials optional
• optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
• optional, not held conduct routine machinery checks optional
• optional, not held consult technical resources optional
• optional, not held feed hoppers optional
• optional, not held inspect machinery optional
• optional, not held operate heavy construction machinery without supervision optional
• optional, not held perform sample testing optional
• optional, not held prepare samples for testing optional
• optional, not held record test data optional
• optional, not held tend packaging machines optional

• not needed by the target role acclimatise timber skill
• not needed by the target role chemical processes knowledge
• not needed by the target role clean equipment skill
• not needed by the target role clean wood surface skill
• not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
• not needed by the target role dye wood skill
• not needed by the target role manage timber stocks skill
• not needed by the target role manipulate wood skill
• not needed by the target role measure parts of manufactured products skill
• not needed by the target role meet contract specifications skill
• not needed by the target role mix chemicals skill
• not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
• not needed by the target role move treated wood skill
• not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
• not needed by the target role operate grappler skill
• not needed by the target role operate hoists skill
• not needed by the target role record wood treatment information skill
• not needed by the target role report defective manufacturing materials skill
• not needed by the target role stack timber skill
• not needed by the target role stain wood skill
• not needed by the target role timber products knowledge
• not needed by the target role treat wood skill
• not needed by the target role types of wood knowledge
• not needed by the target role woodworking processes knowledge
• not needed by the target role work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
• not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn pellet standards required
• still to learn quality standards required

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A wood treater already covers 34% of what a wood fuel pelletiser is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 4 of which the wood fuel pelletiser role treats as required.

7 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is operate pellet press.

Its learning distance is 64.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.