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

radiation protection techniciantoasbestos abatement worker

A radiation protection technician already meets 57% of what the asbestos abatement worker role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From radiation protection technician
57%
Overlap1
To asbestos abatement worker
14 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
41.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

57%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

41.6/ 100

1 Share of the asbestos abatement worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the radiation protection technician 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 asbestos abatement worker role treats 8 of its required skills as things a radiation protection technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess contamination
  • avoid contamination
  • contamination exposure regulations
  • health, safety and hygiene legislation
  • investigate contamination
  • remove contaminants

What stands in the way is 4 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A asbestos abatement worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a radiation protection technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assist people in contaminated areas assisting and caring
  • already held remove contaminated materials handling and moving
  • already held investigate contamination information skills
  • already held remove contaminants handling and moving
  • already held hazardous materials transportation services
  • already held perform demarcation constructing

All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the asbestos abatement worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 5 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 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held store contaminated materials required
  • required, not held disinfect surfaces required
  • optional, not held assess waste type optional
  • optional, not held operate pressure washer optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held use solvents optional
02 services 1 required
  • required, not held asbestos removal regulations required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held tend asbestos blower required
04 assisting and caring 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations optional
  • optional, not held ensure operability of protective equipment optional
  • optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
  • optional, not held secure working area optional
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held report on building damage optional
  • optional, not held identify damage to buildings optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a asbestos abatement worker 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess contamination skill
  • already held avoid contamination skill
  • already held contamination exposure regulations knowledge
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • already held investigate contamination skill
  • already held remove contaminants skill
  • already held remove contaminated materials skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held assist people in contaminated areas skill
  • already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • already held hazardous materials transportation knowledge
  • already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
  • already held hazardous waste treatment knowledge
  • already held perform demarcation skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess waste type optional
  • optional, not held operate pressure washer optional
  • optional, not held report on building damage optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations optional
  • optional, not held ensure operability of protective equipment optional
  • optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held identify damage to buildings optional
  • optional, not held secure working area optional
  • optional, not held use solvents optional
21 held skills the asbestos abatement worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate exposure to radiation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop radiation protection strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role document survey operations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct employees on radiation protection skill
  • not needed by the target role metrology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor nuclear power plant systems skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor radiation levels skill
  • not needed by the target role nuclear reprocessing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radioactive contamination knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
1 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 asbestos removal regulations required
Index

Other moves recorded from radiation protection technician

Full index of moves from radiation protection technician

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.