Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a surface engineer can go next

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

Surface engineers research and develop technologies for manufacturing processes that assist in altering the properties of the surface of bulk material, such as metal, in order to reduce degradation by corrosion or wear. They explore and design how to protect surfaces of (metal) workpieces and products utilising sustainable materials and testing with a minimum of waste.

Also known as surface engineering adviser, corrosion engineer, surface engineers, surface technology engineering consultant, surface engineering technician, engineering operator, surface engineering expert, surface engineering worker, surface technology engineering specialist, surface engineering consultant, surface technology engineering adviser, surface engineering equipment technician.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: flight test engineer, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
flight test engineer 50% covered container equipment design en… 47% covered equipment engineer 46% covered aerospace engineer 45% covered rolling stock engineer 44% covered surface engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from surface engineer, 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 surface engineer 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 surface engineer 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
  • surface engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • corrosion types natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • safety engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
  • use technical drawing software working with computers
  • technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Surface engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 surface engineer’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.