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Where a dewatering technician can go next

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

Dewatering technicians install and operate pumps, spares, pipe ranges, and vacuum dewatering systems to collect and remove liquids and chemicals.

Also known as filter operator, site services technician, surface dewaterer, filter operators, dewatering equipment operator, dewatering filter operator, dewatering operator, dewatering equipment technician, infrastructure technician, dewatering techicians.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 17 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mineral processing operator, 40%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mineral processing operator 40% covered desalination technician 33% covered mining equipment mechanic 27% covered mining assistant 26% covered gas processing plant control … 25% covered dewatering technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dewatering 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 dewatering 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 dewatering technician needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage storage tanks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • treat contaminated water handling and moving
  • maintain records of mining operations information skills
  • collect samples handling and moving
  • chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • work ergonomically assisting and caring
  • troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Dewatering technician is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 dewatering 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.