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

road markertoroad maintenance worker

A road marker already meets 43% of what the road maintenance worker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From road marker
43%
Overlap1
To road maintenance worker
13 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
58.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.3/ 100

1 Share of the road maintenance worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the road marker 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 road maintenance worker role treats 7 of its required skills as things a road marker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • follow health and safety procedures in construction
  • guide operation of heavy construction equipment
  • inspect asphalt
  • inspect construction supplies
  • types of asphalt coverings
  • use safety equipment in construction

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held road signage standards services
  • already held inspect asphalt information skills
  • already held types of asphalt coverings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held place temporary road signage management skills
  • already held paint with a paint gun constructing
  • already held guide operation of heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the road maintenance worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held remove road surface required
  • required, not held transport construction supplies required
  • required, not held work safely with hot materials required
  • optional, not held clear accident site optional
  • optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
  • optional, not held carry out de-icing activities optional
  • optional, not held maintain landscape site optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held asphalt mixes required
  • required, not held mechanical tools required
03 constructing 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held pave asphalt layers required
  • optional, not held lay base courses optional
  • optional, not held lay concrete slabs optional
  • optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform traffic sign maintenance required
  • optional, not held operate pavement surface friction measuring devices optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect road signs required
  • optional, not held inspect drainage channels optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road maintenance 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • already held guide operation of heavy construction equipment skill
  • already held inspect asphalt skill
  • already held inspect construction supplies skill
  • already held types of asphalt coverings knowledge
  • already held use safety equipment in construction skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held paint with a paint gun skill
  • already held place temporary road signage skill
  • already held road signage standards knowledge
  • already held work in a construction team skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held clear accident site optional
  • optional, not held inspect drainage channels optional
  • optional, not held lay base courses optional
  • optional, not held lay concrete slabs optional
  • optional, not held operate pavement surface friction measuring devices optional
  • optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
  • optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
  • optional, not held carry out de-icing activities optional
  • optional, not held maintain equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain landscape site optional
  • optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
15 held skills the road maintenance worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role carry out pressure washing activities skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role drive mobile heavy construction equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect paintwork skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret 2D plans skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret 3D plans skill
  • not needed by the target role mix paint skill
  • not needed by the target role operate motorised street sweeping machine skill
  • not needed by the target role operate road marking machine skill
  • not needed by the target role process incoming construction supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
  • not needed by the target role types of paint knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
2 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 asphalt mixes required
  • required, not held mechanical tools required
Index

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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.