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Where a rescue diver can go next

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

Rescue divers are divers that manage underwater emergencies. They prevent and manage problems underwater, handle dive emergencies and operate rescue equipment. Rescue divers manage diving operations in seas or waterways. They work under demanding physical conditions to rescue and retrieve people or objects.

Also known as lifeguard, dive emergency worker, underwater rescue worker, emergency rescue diver, para-rescue diver, diver life support technician, dive rescue technician, search and rescue diver.

Craft and related trades workers 30 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: construction commercial diver, 35%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

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

The 3 nearest destinations from rescue diver, 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 a rescue diver already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A rescue diver needs 25 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

apply crisis management management skills
comply with the planned time for the depth of the dive assisting and caring
display warnings around dive site communication, collaboration and creativity
dive with scuba equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
diving equipment services
diving vessels systems services
ensure diving operations conform with plan communication, collaboration and creativity
ensure health and safety of dive teams assisting and caring
implement dive plans communication, collaboration and creativity
interrupt diving operations when necessary information skills

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a rescue diver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Rescue diver 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 a rescue diver’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.