Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

decontamination workertosorter labourer

A decontamination worker already meets 26% of what the sorter labourer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From decontamination worker
26%
Overlap1
To sorter labourer
8 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
66.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.6/ 100

1 Share of the sorter labourer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the decontamination 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

Why this move works

A sorter labourer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a decontamination worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • handle chemical cleaning agents
  • health, safety and hygiene legislation

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sorter labourer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a decontamination worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held remove contaminants handling and moving
  • already held assess contamination information skills
  • already held avoid contamination assisting and caring
  • already held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations assisting and caring
  • already held hazardous waste storage services
  • already held handle chemical cleaning agents handling and moving

All 8 carried skills, including the 2 the sorter labourer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held assess waste type required
  • required, not held store sorted waste required
  • required, not held manage waste required
  • required, not held sort waste required
  • optional, not held drain hazardous liquids optional
  • optional, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held stack goods optional
02 services 2 required
  • required, not held waste and scrap products required
  • required, not held waste management required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate recycling processing equipment required
  • optional, not held operate forklift optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held communicate with waste collectors required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held maintain recycling records optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sorter labourer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • already held assess contamination skill
  • already held avoid contamination skill
  • already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • already held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
  • already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
  • already held remove contaminants skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
08 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain sorting equipment optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held drain hazardous liquids optional
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional
  • optional, not held maintain sorting equipment optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held maintain recycling records optional
  • optional, not held operate forklift optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held stack goods optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
23 held skills the sorter labourer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on soil and water protection skill
  • not needed by the target role assist people in contaminated areas skill
  • not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contamination exposure regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role decontamination techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disinfect surfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure operability of protective equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • not needed by the target role hazardous materials transportation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste treatment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify damage to buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate contamination skill
  • not needed by the target role perform demarcation skill
  • not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radioactive contamination knowledge
  • not needed by the target role remove contaminated materials skill
  • not needed by the target role report on building damage skill
  • not needed by the target role secure working area skill
  • not needed by the target role store contaminated materials skill
  • not needed by the target role tend asbestos blower skill
  • not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
  • not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held waste and scrap products required
  • required, not held waste management required
  • optional, not held electronics principles optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Index

Other moves recorded from decontamination worker

Full index of moves from decontamination worker

Note

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.