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Where a wastewater treatment operator can go next

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

Wastewater treatment operators operate equipment used in a water or wastewater plant. They treat and clean drinking water before it is distributed to the consumer and process wastewater to remove harmful substances before returning it to rivers and seas. They take samples and perform tests to analyse the water quality.

Technicians and associate professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: water plant technician, 66%

Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from wastewater treatment operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wastewater treatment operator 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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wastewater treatment operator is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 wastewater treatment operator 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.