hydrographic surveyortogeographic information systems specialist
A hydrographic surveyor already meets 61% of what the geographic information systems specialist role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
44/ 100
1 Share of the geographic information systems specialist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hydrographic surveyor 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 geographic information systems specialist role treats 14 of its required skills as things a hydrographic surveyor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply digital mapping
- cartography
- collect mapping data
- compile GIS-data
- create GIS reports
- create thematic maps
What stands in the way is 6 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A geographic information systems specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hydrographic surveyor background worth leading with.
- already held compile GIS-data information skills
- already held geomatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held collect mapping data information skills
- already held perform surveying calculations information skills
- already held process collected survey data information skills
- already held develop geological databases working with computers
All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the geographic information systems specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
- required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
- required, not held geological mapping required
- required, not held statistics required
- required, not held use databases required
- optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
- optional, not held develop computer vision system optional
- optional, not held perform image editing optional
- optional, not held prepare visual data optional
- optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
- optional, not held use presentation software optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- required, not held environmental design required
- optional, not held spatial planning optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a geographic information systems specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 environmental design knowledge · sector specific
- 02 geological mapping knowledge · sector specific
- 03 apply statistical analysis techniques skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held apply digital mapping skill
- already held cartography knowledge
- already held collect mapping data 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 geomatics knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held process collected survey data skill
- already held surveying knowledge
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held collect data using GPS skill
- already held collect geological data skill
- already held develop geological databases skill
- already held geodesy knowledge
- already held interpret geophysical data skill
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
- already held surveying methods knowledge
- already held topography knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held spatial planning optional
- optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held develop computer vision system optional
- optional, not held perform image editing optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
- optional, not held prepare visual data optional
- optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
- optional, not held use presentation software optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
21 held skills the geographic information systems specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust surveying equipment skill
- not needed by the target role advise architects skill
- not needed by the target role assist hydrographic surveys skill
- not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role bathymetry knowledge
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role compare survey computations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research before survey skill
- not needed by the target role conduct underwater surveys skill
- not needed by the target role design scientific equipment skill
- not needed by the target role document survey operations skill
- not needed by the target role geology knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydrography knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role oceanography knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare geological map sections skill
- not needed by the target role prepare surveying report skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on geological characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role record survey data skill
- not needed by the target role steer vessels skill
- not needed by the target role study aerial photos skill
6 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 design required
- required, not held geological mapping required
- required, not held statistics required
- optional, not held spatial planning optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held photogrammetry optional
Other moves recorded from hydrographic surveyor
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.