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Where a groundwater monitoring technician can go next

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

Groundwater monitoring technician monitor the environment, gathering data in the form of samples and performing tests in a laboratory or field, to investigate potential sources of pollution. They also perform maintenance tasks on the monitoring equipment.

Also known as environmental protection technician, environmental conservation technician, groundwater protection technician, groundwater laboratory technician, groundwater sampling technician, groundwater monitoring system technician, groundwater technician.

Professionals 41 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: water quality analyst, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
water quality analyst 76% covered wastewater treatment operator 44% covered water systems engineering tec… 34% covered material testing technician 31% covered environmental technician 30% covered groundwater monitoring te… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from groundwater monitoring 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 a groundwater monitoring 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

A groundwater monitoring technician needs 18 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
  • study groundwater information skills
  • perform water analysis information skills
  • perform water chemistry analysis information skills
  • perform water testing procedures information skills
  • water chemistry analysis natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • interpret scientific data to assess water quality information skills
  • measure water quality parameters information skills
  • test samples for pollutants information skills
  • collect samples handling and moving
  • prepare chemical samples handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Groundwater monitoring technician is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 groundwater monitoring 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.