Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a road maintenance worker can go next

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

Road maintenance workers perform routine inspections of roads, and are sent out to perform repairs when called for. They patch potholes, cracks and other damage in roads.

Also known as highways operative, highway maintenance worker, road maintenance operative, road maintenance team member.

Elementary occupations 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: road construction worker, 52%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
road construction worker 52% covered road marker 48% covered road maintenance technician 47% covered road sign installer 45% covered civil engineering worker 40% covered road maintenance worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from road maintenance 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 a road maintenance 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

A road maintenance worker needs 15 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
  • work safely with hot materials handling and moving
  • pave asphalt layers constructing
  • remove road surface handling and moving
  • inspect road signs information skills
  • asphalt mixes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect asphalt information skills
  • types of asphalt coverings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • guide operation of heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • mechanical tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Road maintenance worker is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 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.