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Where an air pollution analyst can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an air pollution analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Air pollution analysts conduct field and lab tests to examine the pollution of air in different areas. They also identify sources of pollution.

Also known as environmental analyst, air quality consultant, air environment technician, air quality monitoring technician, air quality technician, air quality field technican, air quality technologist.

Professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dewatering technician, 40%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dewatering technician 40% covered gas processing plant control … 34% covered oil refinery control room ope… 33% covered mineral processing operator 32% covered mud logger 27% covered air pollution analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from air pollution analyst, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an air pollution analyst already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An air pollution analyst needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • urban pollution implications engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manage air quality information skills
  • measure pollution information skills
  • emission standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform environmental investigations information skills
  • write production reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • test samples for pollutants information skills
  • work with chemicals handling and moving
  • collect samples handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an air pollution analyst does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Air pollution analyst is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an air pollution analyst’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.