Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an overhead line worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an overhead line worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Overhead line workers construct and maintain power supply and control cables in overhead power lines. They also make and repair electrical cables connecting customers to the electricity network.

Also known as linesman, overhead linesman, overhead transmission and distribution linesperson, high voltage lineworker, low voltage lineworker, overhead power line worker, overhead transmission and distribution linesman, overhead linesworker, overhead line technician, overhead lineworker, overhead line engineer.

Craft and related trades workers 23 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: electrical power distributor, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
electrical power distributor 63% covered street lighting electrician 63% covered electrical transmission syste… 47% covered power lines supervisor 39% covered hydroelectric plant operator 25% covered overhead line worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from overhead line worker, 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 overhead line worker 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 overhead line worker needs 13 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 power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair overhead power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair underground power cables working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • inspect overhead power lines constructing
  • inspect underground power cables constructing
  • transmission towers engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electric current engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical discharge engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical power safety regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • follow safety procedures when working at heights assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an overhead line worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Overhead line worker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an overhead line worker’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.