Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a transport engineer can go next

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

Transport engineers design and set the engineering specifications for the construction and development of roadways and transport infrastructure. They apply engineering concepts and knowledge for developing sustainable and efficient modes of transportation ranging from roads to canals, railways, and airports.

Also known as traffic engineer, transportation project engineer, transport infrastructure engineer, transportation engineering adviser, transportation engineer, highways engineer, transportation engineering consultant, chartered transport engineer, roads engineer, transportation engineering specialist, transport projects engineer, transport project engineer.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: surface engineer, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
surface engineer 39% covered container equipment design en… 35% covered fluid power engineer 35% covered equipment engineer 34% covered fisheries engineering technic… 33% covered transport engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from transport 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 transport engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A transport engineer needs 20 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
  • design transportation systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • transportation engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • promote the use of sustainable transport communication, collaboration and creativity
  • transportation methods services
  • urban planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • road transport legislation business, administration and law
  • apply transportation management concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • construction methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • civil engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • design principles arts and humanities
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Transport 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 transport 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.