civil engineering workertoroad construction worker
A civil engineering worker already meets 54% of what the road construction worker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
54%
50.2/ 100
1 Share of the road construction worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the civil engineering worker 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 road construction worker role treats 8 of its required skills as things a civil engineering worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction supplies
- lay base courses
- pave asphalt layers
- perform drainage work
- prepare subgrade for road pavement
What stands in the way is 7 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road construction worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a civil engineering worker background worth leading with.
- already held prepare subgrade for road pavement constructing
- already held lay base courses constructing
- already held lay concrete slabs constructing
- already held pave asphalt layers constructing
- already held remove road surface handling and moving
- already held perform drainage work handling and moving
All 20 carried skills, including the 8 the road construction worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 install frost protection materials required
- required, not held plan surface slope required
- optional, not held install kerbstones optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held monitor heavy machinery optional
- required, not held work safely with chemicals required
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- required, not held level earth surface required
- optional, not held operate bulldozer optional
- optional, not held operate excavator optional
- optional, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks optional
- required, not held work safely with hot materials required
- optional, not held transfer stone blocks optional
- required, not held prevent damage to utility infrastructure required
- optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a road construction worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 install frost protection materials skill · occupation specific
- 02 level earth surface skill · sector specific
- 03 plan surface slope 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held lay base courses skill
- already held pave asphalt layers skill
- already held perform drainage work skill
- already held prepare subgrade for road pavement skill
- already held transport construction supplies skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held drive mobile heavy construction equipment skill
- already held guide operation of heavy construction equipment skill
- already held inspect asphalt skill
- already held lay concrete slabs skill
- already held mechanical tools knowledge
- already held operate mobile crane skill
- already held operate road roller skill
- already held place temporary road signage skill
- already held remove road surface skill
- already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
- already held types of asphalt coverings knowledge
- already held work in a construction team skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install kerbstones optional
- optional, not held operate bulldozer optional
- optional, not held operate excavator optional
- optional, not held process incoming construction supplies optional
- optional, not held transfer stone blocks optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks optional
- optional, not held monitor heavy machinery optional
37 held skills the road construction worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role asphalt mixes knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role compaction techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate construction activities skill
- not needed by the target role dig soil mechanically skill
- not needed by the target role dredging consoles knowledge
- not needed by the target role excavation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect construction sites skill
- not needed by the target role inspect drainage channels skill
- not needed by the target role inspect railways visually skill
- not needed by the target role inspect road signs skill
- not needed by the target role keep heavy construction equipment in good condition skill
- not needed by the target role lay pipe installation skill
- not needed by the target role maintain rail infrastructure skill
- not needed by the target role mix concrete skill
- not needed by the target role monitor ballast regulator skill
- not needed by the target role monitor rail laying machine skill
- not needed by the target role monitor rail pickup machine skill
- not needed by the target role monitor tamping car skill
- not needed by the target role operate drones in civil engineering skill
- not needed by the target role operate grappler skill
- not needed by the target role operate pavement surface friction measuring devices skill
- not needed by the target role operate rail grinder skill
- not needed by the target role operate road marking machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate sleeper clipping unit skill
- not needed by the target role position guardrails and toeboards skill
- not needed by the target role pour concrete skill
- not needed by the target role provide pipe bedding skill
- not needed by the target role rail infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role road signage standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role screed concrete skill
- not needed by the target role secure heavy construction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role secure working area skill
- not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
- not needed by the target role work trains knowledge
Other moves recorded from civil engineering worker
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.