Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a water plant technician can go next

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

Water plant technicians maintain and repair water treatment and supply equipment in a water plant. They ensure the provision of clean water by measuring the water quality, ensuring it is filtered and treated correctly, and maintaining distribution systems.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: wastewater treatment operator, 71%

wastewater treatment operator 71% covered water systems engineering tec… 56% covered wastewater treatment technici… 50% covered water treatment systems opera… 39% covered groundwater monitoring techni… 35% covered water plant technician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from water plant technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a water plant technician 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.

Index

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water plant technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a water plant technician 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.