Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as dredger operator, port dredger operator, dredge operatr, dredde operator, port dredge operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dredging supervisor, 47%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dredging supervisor 47% covered excavator operator 39% covered bulldozer operator 37% covered scraper operator 36% covered road roller operator 35% covered dredge operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dredge operator, 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 dredge operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A dredge operator needs 11 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
  • maintain dredging equipment constructing
  • dredging consoles information and communication technologies (icts)
  • position dredger handling and moving
  • measure water depth information skills
  • use rigging tools constructing
  • collect samples handling and moving
  • prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
  • mechanical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use safety equipment in construction assisting and caring
  • follow health and safety procedures in construction assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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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.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a dredge operator’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.