The prop has two appearances from the bench since joining up from Exeter Chiefs over the summer but is in contention for a starting role on Friday night, and could even play at loosehead, despite playing most of his rugby at tighthead.
"I've actually trained on both sides ahead of the weekend," Schickerling told Scotland Rugby News.
"It's definitely hard, but it's a good thing to know both. Because you can notice what you don't want from the opposition, so I kind of know what I don't like from a loosehead. It's good to know both sides and it's probably an advantage."
Head Coach Franco Smith gave his squad some time off during the international break.
"Franco is actually very good," admitted Schickerling. "We had the last three weeks off and we came in at the start of last week. We had a really good week.
"There's a lot of emphasis on trust. It's not normal to get three weeks off in the middle of the season, but everyone did their schedule, their gym, their running, and the boys came back in very good nick. We had a very good training week last week."