Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a waste treatment engineer can go next

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

Waste treatment engineers design processes, facilities and equipment used in the collection, treatment, and distribution of waste. They research environmental standards and policies in order to optimise waste treatment procedures and ensure minimal strain on the environment by analysing and classifying the processed waste.

Professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: steam engineer, 45%

steam engineer 45% covered radiation protection technici… 43% covered radiation protection officer 42% covered wastewater engineer 42% covered gas distribution engineer 40% covered waste treatment engineer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from waste treatment engineer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a waste treatment engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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waste treatment 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a waste treatment engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.