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Where a road maintenance technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a road maintenance technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Road maintenance technicians inspect and manage roads in enclosed areas for maintenance and repair. They help to relieve traffic safely and smoothly, and check if traffic signs, roads and pavements are in good condition.

Also known as road maintenance worker, road inspector, highways maintenance technician, highways inspector, highways technician, highways maintenance inspector, road maintenance supervisor, road maintenance inspector.

Technicians and associate professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: road sign installer, 55%

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 road maintenance technician, 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 road maintenance technician 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

A road maintenance technician needs 17 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

perform traffic sign maintenance working with machinery and specialised equipment
traffic signs services
inspect paintwork information skills
road signage standards services
inspect road signs information skills
traffic engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
inspect asphalt information skills
place temporary road signage management skills
inspect construction sites information skills
interpret traffic signals assisting and caring

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Road maintenance technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 a road maintenance 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.