Where a drain technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a drain technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Drain technicians install and maintain drainage equipment used in sewer systems, such as pipes and valves. They analyse the design and ensure the proper installation of the drainage system, and perform maintenance and repair duties.
Also known as sewer inspector, drain cleaner, sewer pipe repairer, sewer and drain inspector, plumbing and drainage technician, sewer line repairer, sewer cleaner, public works inspector, sewer technician, service drain inspector, sewer and drain repairer, sewer pipe inspector.
Craft and related trades workers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: water network operative, 50%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A drain technician needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- install drainage well systems constructing
- adjust cylinder valves constructing
- assemble manufactured pipeline parts constructing
- install plumbing systems constructing
- lay pipe installation constructing
- test pipeline infrastructure operations information skills
- detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing
- ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures assisting and caring
- types of pipelines engineering, manufacturing and construction
- liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a drain technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- sewerage network operative 54% covered · difficulty 45.1
- water network operative 52% covered · difficulty 46.5
- pipe welder 48% covered · difficulty 49.9
- sewerage maintenance technician 43% covered · difficulty 54
- pipeline maintenance worker 40% covered · difficulty 56.1
- pipeline engineer 37% covered · difficulty 59.6
- drainage worker 37% covered · difficulty 58.7
- sewerage cleaner 30% covered · difficulty 66
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Drain technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a drain 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.