Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a drainage worker can go next

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

Drainage workers assemble and maintain drainage and dewatering systems. They lay tubes or drainpipes to dry out the ground of a certain structure in order to put a hold to imminent groundwater. This work is usually performed under pavements and in basements.

Also known as drainage groundworker, drainage pipe layer, deep drainage operative, pipelayer, drainage installer, drainage operative, drainage system installer, deep drainage worker, groundwater drainage worker, groundwater drainage operative.

Elementary occupations 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sewer construction worker, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sewer construction worker 56% covered sewerage network operative 40% covered drain technician 37% covered bulldozer operator 36% covered water network operative 36% covered drainage worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from drainage worker, 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 worker 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 worker needs 19 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
  • create open drainage systems constructing
  • keep airport drainage systems functional working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • provide pipe bedding constructing
  • clear pipelines handling and moving
  • inspect drainage channels information skills
  • inspect sewers information skills
  • perform drainage work handling and moving
  • operate sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assemble manufactured pipeline parts constructing
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Drainage worker is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 drainage worker’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.