hydrogeologisttoenvironmental geologist
A hydrogeologist already meets 24% of what the environmental geologist role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
68.1/ 100
1 Share of the environmental geologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hydrogeologist 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 environmental geologist role treats 2 of its required skills as things a hydrogeologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- study groundwater
What stands in the way is 10 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental geologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hydrogeologist background worth leading with.
- already held study groundwater information skills
- already held negotiate land access communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held hydrology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held address problems critically communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 2 the environmental geologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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.
- required, not held advise on mining environmental issues required
- required, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining required
- optional, not held communicate on minerals issues optional
- required, not held conduct erosion control required
- required, not held manage environmental impact required
- required, not held examine geochemical samples required
- required, not held conduct environmental site assessments required
- required, not held conduct sediment control required
- required, not held develop site remediation strategies required
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- required, not held use technical drawing software required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a environmental geologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on mining environmental issues skill · sector specific
- 02 communicate on the environmental impact of mining skill · sector specific
- 03 conduct erosion control 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held study groundwater skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held geography knowledge
- already held hydrology knowledge
- already held negotiate land access skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held archaeology optional
- optional, not held biology optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held archaeology optional
- optional, not held communicate on minerals issues optional
- optional, not held biology optional
17 held skills the environmental geologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess groundwater environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role assess impact of industrial activities skill
- not needed by the target role coastal management knowledge
- not needed by the target role create GIS reports skill
- not needed by the target role create thematic maps skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify GIS issues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with industrial professionals skill
- not needed by the target role manage land resources permits skill
- not needed by the target role model groundwater skill
- not needed by the target role perform water analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform water testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role treat contaminated water skill
- not needed by the target role watershed development knowledge
3 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 environmental legislation required
- optional, not held archaeology optional
- optional, not held biology 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.