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Where a field survey manager can go next

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

Field survey managers organise and supervise investigations and surveys on the request of a sponsor. They monitor their implementation according to production requirements and lead a team of field investigators.

Also known as field survey supervisor, manager of field survey, survey field manager, field survey operational manager, field survey coodinator, field survey project manager, field survey team leader.

Technicians and associate professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: survey enumerator, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
survey enumerator 64% covered market research interviewer 53% covered talent acquisition manager 36% covered polygraph examiner 23% covered genealogist 19% covered field survey manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from field survey manager, 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 field survey manager 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 field survey manager needs 15 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
  • monitor field surveys information skills
  • train field investigators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare survey report communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate interview reports information skills
  • forecast workload management skills
  • survey techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • record survey data information skills
  • interview techniques social sciences, journalism and information
  • perform resource planning information skills
  • interview people communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Field survey manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 a field survey manager’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.