Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a sewer construction worker can go next

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

Sewer construction workers install sewer pipes to transport wastewater out of structures and to a body of water or treatment facility. They dig trenches and insert the pipes, making sure they have the correct angle and are connected watertight. Sewer construction workers also construct other elements of sewage infrastructure, such as manholes, and maintain and repair existing systems.

Also known as waste water pipelayer, waste water infrastructure construction worker, sewer infrastructure construction worker, sewage pipe layer, sewage infrastructure construction worker, sewage system worker, waste water pipe layer, waste water system worker, sewer system construction worker, sewage system construction worker, sewage pipelayer, waste water system construction worker.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: excavator operator, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
excavator operator 74% covered scraper operator 68% covered mobile crane operator 67% covered grader operator 67% covered tower crane operator 67% covered sewer construction worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sewer construction 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 sewer construction worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A sewer construction worker needs 22 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
  • dig sewer trenches working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • lay sewer pipe constructing
  • level earth surface working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • provide pipe bedding constructing
  • transport pipes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assemble manufactured pipeline parts constructing
  • prevent pipeline deterioration constructing
  • test pipeline infrastructure operations information skills
  • excavation techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Sewer construction worker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 sewer construction 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.