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Where an onshore wind energy engineer can go next

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

Onshore wind energy engineers design, install and maintain wind energy farms and equipment. They research and test locations to find the most productive location, test equipment and components such as wind-turbine blades, and develop strategies for more efficient energy production, and environmental sustainability.

Also known as onshore wind energy systems engineer, onshore wind energy specialist, onshore wind energy engineering expert, onshore wind power engineer, onshore wind energy engineering specialist, onshore wind energy technology engineering specialist.

Professionals 64 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: offshore renewable energy engineer, 51%

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 onshore wind 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 onshore wind energy engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

environmental mining engineer 46% covered · difficulty 54.9

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 onshore wind energy engineer needs 37 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

research locations for wind farms information skills
design wind turbines communication, collaboration and creativity
test wind turbine blades constructing
ensure compliance with noise standards assisting and caring
conduct engineering site audits information skills
types of wind turbines engineering, manufacturing and construction
adjust voltage working with machinery and specialised equipment
meteorology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
provide information on wind turbines assisting and caring
aerodynamics engineering, manufacturing and construction

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Onshore wind 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 onshore wind 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.