Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a driller can go next

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

Drillers set up and operate drilling rigs and related equipment designed to drill holes for mineral exploration, in shotfiring operations, and for construction purposes.

Also known as earth driller, assistant driller, drillers assistant.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: underground miner, 44%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
underground miner 44% covered surface miner 31% covered shotfirer 29% covered drill operator 25% covered underground heavy equipment o… 24% covered driller You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from driller, 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 driller 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 driller needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • position drills handling and moving
  • record drilling information skills
  • coordinate drilling working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • check borehole depth constructing
  • inspect drilling equipment constructing
  • set up drilling rigs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • transport drilling rigs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain drilling equipment constructing
  • operate drilling equipment handling and moving
  • troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Driller 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 driller’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.