Where a dredge operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dredge operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Dredge operators work with industrial equipment to remove underwater material in order to make the area accessible to ships, to establish ports, to lay cables or for other purposes, and move the material to the desired location.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dredging supervisor, 47%
- 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.
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dredge operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a dredge operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.