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Where a desalination technician can go next

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

Desalination technicians operate, monitor and maintain desalination plant equipment. They ensure compliance with legal regulations and safety and health requirements.

Also known as desalination plant technician, desalination equipment operator, water treatment plant technician, water treatment plants technician, operator of desalination plant, desalination technicians.

Technicians and associate professionals 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dewatering technician, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dewatering technician 51% covered mineral processing operator 46% covered mining equipment mechanic 35% covered underground miner 34% covered surface miner 34% covered desalination technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from desalination 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 a desalination technician 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 desalination technician needs 13 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
  • maintain desalination control system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage desalination control system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform water treatment procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform water testing procedures information skills
  • maintain records of mining operations information skills
  • collect samples handling and moving
  • health and safety in the workplace services
  • environmental legislation business, administration and law
  • present reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Desalination 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 a desalination 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.