Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hydropower engineer can go next

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

Hydropower engineers research, design and plan the building of facilities that generate electricity from the movement of water. They search optimal locations, conduct trials and try different materials to achieve the best result. Hydropower engineers develop strategies for more efficient energy production and analyse environmental consequences.

Also known as hydropower systems engineer, hydropower systems analyst.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hydropower technician, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hydropower technician 42% covered process engineer 36% covered substation engineer 36% covered container equipment design en… 35% covered fluid power engineer 35% covered hydropower engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hydropower engineer, 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 hydropower engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A hydropower engineer needs 29 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
  • energy transformation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • energy micro-generation technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • marine energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • design electric power systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • hydroelectricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • promote innovative infrastructure design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • examine engineering principles information skills
  • draw blueprints communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Hydropower engineer 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 hydropower engineer’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.