Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a well-digger can go next

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

Well-diggers operate drilling machinery and equipment to create and maintain wells for use in extracting ore and other liquids and gases. They record operations, maintain equipment, seal unused wells and prevent ground contamination.

Also known as geotechnical driller, water borehole digger, water well-digger, drillers offsider, water well driller, borehole digger, waterwell driller, environmental driller, water borehole driller, surface driller, well technician, drilling supervisor.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: drill operator, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
drill operator 55% covered derrickhand 33% covered roustabout 32% covered oil rig motorhand 28% covered gauger 26% covered well-digger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from well-digger, 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 well-digger 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 well-digger needs 11 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
  • dig wells working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair wells working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • suggest well maintenance constructing
  • select well equipment handling and moving
  • well testing operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect water wells information skills
  • report well results information skills
  • keep task records information skills
  • work ergonomically assisting and caring
  • write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a well-digger does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Well-digger is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a well-digger’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.