Where a water network operative can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a water network operative already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Water network operatives maintain pipes and pumping stations used for water supply, waste water removal and sewerage. They perform planned maintenance and repair tasks and clear blockages in pipes and drains.
Also known as water and sewerage operative, water supply network worker, water network worker, water network maintenance technician, water supply network operator, water network technician, water network operator, water leakage technician, water supply network operative, water network repair technician, leakage operative, pumping station operative.
Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: sewerage network operative, 65%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A water network operative needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop water supply schedule management skills
- operate sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
- percolation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- assemble manufactured pipeline parts constructing
- operate pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
- maintain water treatment equipment constructing
- repair pipelines constructing
- lay pipe installation constructing
- prevent pipeline deterioration constructing
- detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a water network operative does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- sewerage network operative 72% covered · difficulty 32.6
- drain technician 50% covered · difficulty 52.9
- pipe welder 48% covered · difficulty 54.5
- sewerage cleaner 46% covered · difficulty 55.9
- septic tank servicer 45% covered · difficulty 57
- drainage worker 36% covered · difficulty 64.2
- water systems engineering technician 32% covered · difficulty 67.4
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Water network operative is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a water network operative’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.