Where an offshore renewable energy technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an offshore renewable energy technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Offshore renewable energy technicians install offshore energy farms and equipment. They ensure the equipment operate in compliance with regulations and assist the offshore renewable energy engineers in the construction of energy devices such as wind turbine blades, tidal stream and wave generators. They also react to system problems, and repair faults.
Also known as offshore wind turbine technician, offshore renewable energy installer, MRE installer, ORE technician, marine renewable energy installer.
Technicians and associate professionals 68 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: offshore renewable energy plant operator, 70%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- offshore renewable energy plant operator 70% covered · difficulty 38.7
- power production plant operator 55% covered · difficulty 51.7
- solar power plant operator 53% covered · difficulty 54.8
- hydroelectric plant operator 51% covered · difficulty 46.3
- electrical transmission system operator 49% covered · difficulty 50.3
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An offshore renewable energy technician needs 41 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- inspect tidal stream generators information skills
- inspect wave energy converters information skills
- install offshore renewable energy systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- maintain wind turbines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- inspect wind turbines constructing
- inspect offshore constructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- marine energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
- marine engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- maritime meteorology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- prevent marine pollution information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an offshore renewable energy technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Offshore renewable energy technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 offshore renewable energy 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.