Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a construction commercial diver can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a construction commercial diver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Construction commercial divers work below the surface of the water to install equipment, such as hydraulic structures, waterways and marine facilities. They also inspect, remove and repair the structures.

Also known as underwater welder, offshore diver, surface supplied diver, commercial diver in construction industry, inshore diver, construction diver, scaphandrier, HAZMAT diver, saturation diver, commercial diver.

Craft and related trades workers 50 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: rescue diver, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rescue diver 50% covered underwater construction super… 50% covered road sign installer 37% covered construction scaffolder 31% covered steeplejack 30% covered construction commercial d… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from construction commercial diver, 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 a construction commercial diver 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

A construction commercial diver needs 18 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
  • cope with decompression handling and moving
  • use lift bags handling and moving
  • weld underwater constructing
  • weld in hyperbaric conditions constructing
  • comply with the planned time for the depth of the dive assisting and caring
  • diving equipment services
  • implement dive plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interrupt diving operations when necessary information skills
  • comply with legal requirements for diving operations assisting and caring
  • diving operation requirements services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a construction commercial diver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Construction commercial diver is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a construction commercial diver’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.