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

geothermal engineertohydroelectric plant operator

A geothermal engineer already meets 37% of what the hydroelectric plant operator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From geothermal engineer
37%
Overlap1
To hydroelectric plant operator
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
58.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.6/ 100

1 Share of the hydroelectric plant operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the geothermal engineer 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 hydroelectric plant operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a geothermal engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply health and safety standards
  • electric current
  • electric generators
  • electrical power safety regulations
  • electricity

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held coordinate electricity generation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop strategies for electricity contingencies management skills
  • already held electric current engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held electric generators engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held renewable energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held electrical power safety regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the hydroelectric plant operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 7 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls required
  • required, not held operate hydraulic pumps required
  • required, not held maintain hydraulic systems required
  • optional, not held adapt energy distribution schedules optional
  • optional, not held respond to electrical power contingencies optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held environmental engineering required
  • required, not held hydraulics required
  • required, not held hydroelectricity required
  • optional, not held electricity consumption optional
03 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor electric generators required
  • optional, not held oversee power equipment operation optional
  • optional, not held install hydraulic systems optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held hydrography optional
  • optional, not held climate change impact optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure safety in electrical power operations optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held carry out energy management of facilities optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hydroelectric plant operator 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 apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held electric current knowledge
  • already held electric generators knowledge
  • already held electrical power safety regulations knowledge
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held coordinate electricity generation skill
  • already held develop strategies for electricity contingencies skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt energy distribution schedules optional
  • optional, not held hydrography optional
  • optional, not held oversee power equipment operation optional
  • optional, not held respond to electrical power contingencies optional
  • optional, not held carry out energy management of facilities optional
  • optional, not held climate change impact optional
  • optional, not held electricity consumption optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held ensure safety in electrical power operations optional
  • optional, not held install hydraulic systems optional
41 held skills the hydroelectric plant operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CAM software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on building matters skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role assess heating and cooling systems skill
  • not needed by the target role define energy profiles skill
  • not needed by the target role design a combined heat and power system skill
  • not needed by the target role design an electric heating system skill
  • not needed by the target role design district heating and cooling energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design geothermal energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design heat pump installations skill
  • not needed by the target role design heating and cooling emission systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design thermal equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role design thermal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy transformation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal energy systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal power generation methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal power plant operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect facility sites skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee construction project skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on electric heating skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role perform energy simulations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform feasibility study on geothermal energy skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role perform smart grid feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role thermodynamics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of heat pumps knowledge

1 further entry not listed here

6 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 environmental engineering required
  • required, not held hydraulics required
  • required, not held hydroelectricity required
  • optional, not held hydrography optional
  • optional, not held climate change impact optional
  • optional, not held electricity consumption optional
Index

Other moves recorded from geothermal engineer

Full index of moves from geothermal engineer

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.