Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a drainage engineer can go next

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

Drainage engineers design and construct drainage systems for sewers and storm water systems. They evaluate the options to design drainage systems that meet the requirements while ensuring compliance with legislation and environmental standards and policies. Drainage engineers choose the most optimal drainage system to prevent floods, control irrigation and direct sewage away from water sources.

Also known as drainage engineering specialist, water and drainage engineer, water resources engineer, drainage engineering adviser, drainage engineering consultant, irrigation engineer, flood risk engineer, drainage technology engineer, drainage technology engineering expert, drainage engineering expert, storm water drain engineer, drainage technology engineering adviser.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: wastewater engineer, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wastewater engineer 77% covered water engineer 61% covered water systems engineering tec… 50% covered gas distribution engineer 48% covered steam engineer 38% covered drainage engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from drainage engineer, 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 drainage engineer 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 drainage engineer needs 21 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
  • design drainage well systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects information skills
  • consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows constructing
  • create designs for pipeline engineering communication, collaboration and creativity
  • flood remediation equipment services
  • hydraulic fluid engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • identify risk of flooding information skills
  • survey sites for pipeline installation information skills
  • mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects assisting and caring
  • ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Drainage engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 drainage engineer’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.