Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hydropower technician can go next

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

Hydropower technicians install and maintain systems in hydropower plants. They perform inspections, analyse problems and carry out repairs. They ensure the turbines operate in compliance with regulations, and assist the hydropower engineers in the construction of turbines.

Also known as wave power technician, hydropower mechanical technician, tidal power technician, hydropower mechanical engineer, hydropower plant technician, hydroelectric mechanical engineer, hydroelectric technician, marine energy technician, hydroelectric plant technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 90 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: hydropower engineer, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hydropower engineer 74% covered 3D printing technician 59% covered hydroelectric plant operator 49% covered electric power generation eng… 49% covered energy systems engineer 49% covered hydropower technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hydropower 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 hydropower 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 hydropower technician needs 26 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
  • alternative energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • oceanography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • promote innovative infrastructure design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor electric generators constructing
  • energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Hydropower technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 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.