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Where a wastewater treatment technician can go next

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

Wastewater treatment technicians aid wastewater treatment operators in the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment equipment, and the purification procedure of wastewater, in sewage plants. They perform repair duties.

Also known as wastewater quality tester, wastewater treatment plant worker, wastewater safety tester, water plant quality technician, sewage treatment plant technician, water plant maintenance technician, wastewater safety technician, wastewater quality technician, water treatment system technician, wastewater treatment quality technician, water plant monitoring technician, water plant equipment maintenance technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: wastewater treatment operator, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wastewater treatment operator 61% covered water plant technician 47% covered briquetting machine operator 33% covered scrap metal operative 31% covered water systems engineering tec… 30% covered wastewater treatment tech… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from wastewater treatment technician, 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 wastewater treatment technician 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 wastewater treatment technician needs 13 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
  • maintain specified water characteristics working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain desalination control system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain water treatment equipment constructing
  • interpret scientific data to assess water quality information skills
  • replace machines information skills
  • monitor water quality information skills
  • maintain records of maintenance interventions information skills
  • report test findings information skills
  • ensure equipment maintenance management skills
  • use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Wastewater treatment technician 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wastewater treatment technician’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.