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Where an offshore renewable energy engineer can go next

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

Offshore renewable energy engineers design and supervise the installation of offshore energy farms and equipment. They research and test locations to find the most productive location, ensure the successful execution of the design plan and make any necessary modifications or provide targeted advice. Offshore renewable energy engineers test equipment such as wind-turbine blades, tidal stream and wave generators. They develop strategies for more efficient energy production, and environmental sustainability.

Also known as ocean renewable energy engineer, offshore energy farms engineer, hydrodynamics engineer, ORE engineer, marine renewable energy engineer.

Professionals 74 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: onshore wind energy engineer, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from offshore renewable energy 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 an offshore renewable energy engineer 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

An offshore renewable energy engineer needs 49 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

design offshore energy systems communication, collaboration and creativity
research locations for offshore farms information skills
types of tidal stream generators engineering, manufacturing and construction
types of wave energy converters engineering, manufacturing and construction
types of photovoltaic panels engineering, manufacturing and construction
conduct engineering site audits information skills
research ocean energy projects information skills
inspect offshore constructions communication, collaboration and creativity
marine energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
marine engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an offshore renewable energy engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

onshore wind energy engineer 51% covered · difficulty 64.3

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Offshore renewable energy 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 an offshore renewable energy 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.