Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a mud logger can go next

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

Mud loggers analyse the drilling fluids after they have been drilled up. They analyse the fluids in a laboratory. Mud loggers determine the position of hydrocarbons with respect to depth. They also monitor natural gas and identify lithology.

Professionals 19 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: geotechnician, 42%

geotechnician 42% covered gas processing plant control … 42% covered oil refinery control room ope… 33% covered dewatering technician 30% covered geochemist 29% covered mud logger You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from mud logger. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mud logger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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mud logger is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a mud logger already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.