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Where a survey enumerator can go next

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

Survey enumerators perform interviews and fill in forms in order to collect the data provided by interviewees. They can collect information by phone, mail, personal visits or on the street. They conduct and help the interviewees administer the information that the interviewer is interested in having, usually related to demographic information for governmental statistical purposes.

Also known as census worker, census taker, commercial census taker, street surveyor, census interviewer, census official, census clerk, enumerator.

Clerical support workers 37 skills on file 4 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: market research interviewer, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
market research interviewer 64% covered field survey manager 55% covered market research analyst 20% covered statistical assistant 18% covered survey enumerator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from survey enumerator, 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 survey enumerator already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

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 survey enumerator needs 14 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
  • use questioning techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • capture people's attention communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare survey report communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adhere to questionnaires communication, collaboration and creativity
  • tabulate survey results information skills
  • fill out forms information skills
  • survey techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • communication generic programmes and qualifications
  • document interviews information skills
  • interview techniques social sciences, journalism and information
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Survey enumerator is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. 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 survey enumerator’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.