Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine electrician can go next

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

Marine electricians install, maintain and repair electrical and electronic systems in vessels such as air conditioning systems, lamps, radios, heating systems, batteries, electrical wiring and alternators. They use diagnostic testing equipment to inspect vessels and find faults. To do repair work, they use hand tools and specialised electrical instruments and machines.

Also known as marine design electrician, vessel electronics repair technician, naval electrician, electro-technical maritime officer, marine installation electrician, vessel electronics design technician, marine systems electrician, vessel electronic systems technician, vessel electrician, vessel electronic networks technician, vessel electronics installation technician, marine repair electrician.

Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: rolling stock electrician, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rolling stock electrician 63% covered bicycle assembler 50% covered automotive brake technician 47% covered automotive electrician 45% covered automotive battery technician 41% covered marine electrician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine electrician, 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 marine electrician 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 marine electrician needs 19 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
  • install electrical equipment in vessels working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • vessel electrical system engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • maritime electric drives engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • test electrical equipment constructing
  • electrical testing methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical wiring diagrams engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical wiring plans engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • fasten components handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Marine electrician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 marine electrician’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.