Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a sewerage cleaner can go next

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

Sewerage cleaners maintain and clean sewerage systems and their pipes within communities. They remove blockages that stop the sewerage flow to ensure the smooth running of the systems.

Also known as sewer operator, drain cleaner, sewerage systems cleaner.

Elementary occupations 29 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: septic tank servicer, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
septic tank servicer 65% covered water network operative 46% covered sewerage network operative 45% covered drain technician 30% covered water systems engineering tec… 28% covered sewerage cleaner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sewerage cleaner, 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 sewerage cleaner 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 sewerage cleaner needs 12 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
  • inspect sewerage systems information skills
  • clean sewerage systems handling and moving
  • operate sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform cleaning activities in an environmentally friendly way assisting and caring
  • waste transport legislation business, administration and law
  • manage waste handling and moving
  • ensure equipment maintenance management skills
  • handle chemical cleaning agents handling and moving
  • ensure compliance with legal requirements assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Sewerage cleaner is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 sewerage cleaner’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.