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Where an asphalt laboratory technician can go next

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

Asphalt laboratory technicians perform asphalt and related raw materials inspections and laboratory testing, ensuring a high quality of the products. They also participate in coming up with resolutions to technical issues on construction sites.

Also known as bitumen technician, asphalt production technical supervisor, aggregates and bitumen laboratory technician, technical supervisor, asphalt production, road surface laboratory technician, road surface technician, aggregates and asphalt laboratory technician, site technician, asphalt, site technician, bitumen production technician, asphalt technician, asphalt production technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 17 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: road maintenance worker, 24%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
road maintenance worker 24% covered road marker 23% covered road maintenance technician 21% covered civil engineering technician 18% covered bridge inspector 17% covered asphalt laboratory techni… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from asphalt laboratory technician, 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 asphalt laboratory technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An asphalt laboratory technician needs 11 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
  • test concrete constructing
  • supervise site maintenance management skills
  • asphalt mixes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect asphalt information skills
  • run laboratory simulations working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supervise laboratory operations management skills
  • apply safety procedures in laboratory assisting and caring
  • write inspection reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • check quality of raw materials information skills
  • inspect construction supplies information skills
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Asphalt laboratory technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 asphalt laboratory technician’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.