Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a gauger can go next

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

Gaugers test oil during the processing and before dispatch. They control pumping systems and regulate the flow of oil into the pipelines.

Also known as oil refiner, oil gauger, oil well gauger, gager, well gauger, rig gauger, refinery gauger, pipeline gauger, oil field gauger.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: distillation operator, 57%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
distillation operator 57% covered petroleum pump system operator 49% covered refinery shift manager 29% covered mud logger 18% covered derrickhand 17% covered gauger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from gauger, 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 gauger 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 gauger needs 13 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
  • calculate oil deliveries information skills
  • measure oil tank temperatures information skills
  • perform oil tests information skills
  • analyse oil operations data information skills
  • coordinate oil well operations management skills
  • set equipment controls working with computers
  • test oil samples information skills
  • verify oil circulation information skills
  • operate pumping equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • collect samples handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Gauger 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 gauger’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.