Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an electricity distribution technician can go next

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

Electricity distribution technicians construct and maintain electric power transmission and distribution systems. They maintain and repair powerlines, compliant with safety regulations.

Also known as lineswoman, electricity power line worker, powerline worker, linesman, linewoman, lineworker, power lines construction worker, electric powerline worker, lineman, electric powerline technician, electricity transmission worker.

Craft and related trades workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: street lighting electrician, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
street lighting electrician 70% covered electrical power distributor 69% covered electrical transmission syste… 58% covered power lines supervisor 48% covered geothermal power plant operat… 26% covered electricity distribution … You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from electricity distribution technician, 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 an electricity distribution technician 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

An electricity distribution technician needs 12 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
  • install power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair overhead power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair underground power cables working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • inspect overhead power lines constructing
  • inspect underground power cables constructing
  • transmission towers engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electric current engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical discharge engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical power safety regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an electricity distribution technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Electricity distribution technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 an electricity distribution technician’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.