Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hydrologist can go next

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

Hydrologists research and study the quality, current challenges, and distribution of water in the Earth. They study water supply from rivers, streams, and springs to determine their adequate and sustainable use. Together with a cross functional team of professionals, they plan and develop how water can be supplied to cities and urban areas while ensuring efficiency and resource conservation.

Also known as hydrological engineer, surface hydrologist, hydrology research analyst, hydrology researcher, hydrology scientist, hydrology analyst, hydrology science researcher, hydrobiologist, hydrologists, water analysis specialist, hydrology research scientist.

Professionals 79 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: palaeontologist, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
palaeontologist 79% covered oceanographer 78% covered seismologist 76% covered religion scientific researcher 74% covered astronomer 74% covered hydrologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hydrologist, 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 hydrologist 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 hydrologist needs 45 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
  • develop water purification methods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage land resources permits information skills
  • watershed development engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • hydrology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • scientific modelling information and communication technologies (icts)
  • water policies services
  • develop environmental policy management skills
  • environmental policy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • operate scientific measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Hydrologist 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 hydrologist’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.