Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hydrographic surveyor can go next

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

Hydrographic surveyors measure and map, by means of specialised equipment, marine environments. They collect scientific data in order to study the underwater topography and morphology of bodies of water.

Also known as hydrography surveyor, hydrographic science researcher, hydrographic research analyst, hydrographic scientist, hydrographic analyst, field hydrographer, hydrographer, hydrographic researcher, hydrographic research scientist.

Professionals 44 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: surveying technician, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
surveying technician 67% covered cadastral technician 63% covered geographic information system… 61% covered land surveyor 61% covered cartographer 55% covered hydrographic surveyor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hydrographic surveyor, 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 hydrographic surveyor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A hydrographic surveyor needs 20 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
  • bathymetry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • hydrography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • conduct underwater surveys information skills
  • adjust surveying equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • compare survey computations information skills
  • document survey operations information skills
  • geomatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • collect mapping data information skills
  • prepare surveying report information skills
  • geodesy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Hydrographic surveyor 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 hydrographic surveyor’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.