Where an irrigation system installer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an irrigation system installer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Irrigation system installers build the necessary infrastructure for irrigation of soil, usually for agricultural purposes. They may be specialised in one or more of the various types of stationary irrigation systems.
Also known as irrigation specialist, irrigation sprinkler system installer, irrigation project worker, irrigator, agricultural irrigation system installer, irrigation installer.
Craft and related trades workers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sprinkler fitter, 49%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An irrigation system installer needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- set up drip irrigation system handling and moving
- install water purity mechanism working with machinery and specialised equipment
- install irrigation systems constructing
- set up water filtration system constructing
- types of piping engineering, manufacturing and construction
- check water pressure working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply proofing membranes constructing
- mechanical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- transport construction supplies handling and moving
- inspect construction supplies information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an irrigation system installer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- plumber 60% covered · difficulty 43
- sprinkler fitter 51% covered · difficulty 51.7
- bathroom fitter 49% covered · difficulty 53.1
- rail layer 47% covered · difficulty 55.1
- carpet fitter 46% covered · difficulty 56.1
- terrazzo setter 43% covered · difficulty 58.8
- water conservation technician 38% covered · difficulty 62
- rail maintenance technician 32% covered · difficulty 67.8
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Irrigation system installer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an irrigation system installer’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.