cartographertohydrographic surveyor
A cartographer already meets 48% of what the hydrographic surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
58.4/ 100
1 Share of the hydrographic surveyor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cartographer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A hydrographic surveyor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a cartographer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cartography
- collect mapping data
- geodesy
- geomatics
- mathematics
- perform surveying calculations
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hydrographic surveyor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cartographer background worth leading with.
- already held geomatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held compile GIS-data information skills
- already held collect mapping data information skills
- already held geodesy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held perform surveying calculations information skills
- already held process collected survey data information skills
All 22 carried skills, including the 9 the hydrographic surveyor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held compare survey computations required
- required, not held conduct underwater surveys required
- required, not held document survey operations required
- required, not held record survey data required
- required, not held prepare surveying report required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
- optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
- required, not held operate surveying instruments required
- required, not held adjust surveying equipment required
- required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
- optional, not held assist hydrographic surveys optional
- optional, not held steer vessels optional
- required, not held bathymetry required
- required, not held hydrography required
- required, not held hydrology required
- optional, not held oceanography optional
- optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
- optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
- optional, not held advise architects optional
- optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
- optional, not held develop geological databases optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hydrographic surveyor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 bathymetry knowledge · sector specific
- 02 compare survey computations skill · sector specific
- 03 conduct underwater surveys skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held cartography knowledge
- already held collect mapping data skill
- already held geodesy knowledge
- already held geomatics knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held surveying knowledge
- already held surveying methods knowledge
- already held topography knowledge
- already held apply digital mapping skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held collect data using GPS skill
- already held compile GIS-data skill
- already held create GIS reports skill
- already held create thematic maps skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held geography knowledge
- already held geology knowledge
- already held process collected survey data skill
- already held study aerial photos skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist hydrographic surveys optional
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held develop geological databases optional
- optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
- optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
- optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
- optional, not held steer vessels optional
- optional, not held advise architects optional
- optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
- optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
- optional, not held oceanography optional
27 held skills the hydrographic surveyor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role archive scientific documentation skill
- not needed by the target role conduct field work skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
- not needed by the target role design customised maps skill
- not needed by the target role design graphics skill
- not needed by the target role desktop publishing knowledge
- not needed by the target role draft legends skill
- not needed by the target role empirical analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role handle geospatial technologies skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role improve user-friendliness skill
- not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role photogrammetry knowledge
- not needed by the target role remote sensing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role use digital illustration techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use software for data preservation skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
- not needed by the target role use traditional illustration techniques skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held bathymetry required
- required, not held hydrography required
- required, not held hydrology required
- optional, not held oceanography optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.