Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a street sweeper can go next

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

Street sweepers operate sweeping equipment and machinery to remove waste, leaves or debris from streets. They maintain records of sweeping operations and maintain, clean and perform minor repairs to the equipment used.

Also known as sweeper of city streets, leaf vacuum operator, street maintenance worker, leaf-sucker operator, street sweeper driver.

Elementary occupations 61 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: train cleaner, 53%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
train cleaner 53% covered toilet attendant 46% covered refuse vehicle driver 44% covered sewerage cleaner 41% covered refuse collector 39% covered street sweeper You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from street sweeper, 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 street sweeper 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 street sweeper needs 29 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
  • maintain street sweeping machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate mechanical street sweeping equipment handling and moving
  • safe street sweeping procedures in traffic services
  • vacuum street debris handling and moving
  • discharge of collected waste engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manage waste rock handling and moving
  • clear out drains handling and moving
  • empty community waste collection bins handling and moving
  • perform ground maintenance activities handling and moving
  • supervise site maintenance management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Street sweeper 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 street sweeper’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.