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Where a waterway construction labourer can go next

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

Waterway construction labourers maintain canals, dams and other waterway structures such as coastal or inland water plants. They are responsible for the construction of breakwaters, canals, dikes and embankments as well as other works in and around water.

Also known as waterway maintenance worker, waterway maintenance woman, waterway construction laborer, waterway construction man, waterway maintenance man, waterway construction worker, waterway construction operative, waterway maintenance operative, waterway construction woman.

Elementary occupations 47 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: drainage worker, 33%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
drainage worker 33% covered dredge operator 32% covered civil engineering worker 22% covered sewerage cleaner 21% covered underwater construction super… 17% covered waterway construction lab… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from waterway construction labourer, 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 waterway construction labourer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A waterway construction labourer needs 23 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
  • types of waterways engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • construct canal locks constructing
  • construct dams constructing
  • install tunnel segments constructing
  • maintain dredging equipment constructing
  • manage sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dredging consoles information and communication technologies (icts)
  • identify defects in concrete working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • measure water depth information skills
  • national waterways services
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Waterway construction labourer is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 waterway construction labourer’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.