Sewerage cleaner to septic tank servicer
A sewerage cleaner already meets 64% of what the septic tank servicer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
35.1/ 100
1 How much of what a septic tank servicer is expected to do is already part of a sewerage cleaner’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the septic tank servicer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A septic tank servicer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a sewerage cleaner already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply health and safety standards
- ensure equipment maintenance
- maintain septic tanks
- operate pumps
- operate sumps
- perform cleaning activities in an environmentally friendly way
What stands in the way is 3 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A septic tank servicer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sewerage cleaner background worth leading with.
- already held maintain septic tanks constructing
- already held operate sumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate pumps working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform cleaning activities in an environmentally friendly way assisting and caring
- already held waste transport legislation business, administration and law
- already held clean industrial containers handling and moving
All 17 carried skills, including the 8 the septic tank servicer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn maintain records of maintenance interventions required
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
- still to learn maintain cleaning equipment required
- optional, not held drain hazardous liquids optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- optional, not held agree on repair arrangements optional
- optional, not held advise on equipment maintenance optional
- optional, not held install septic systems optional
- optional, not held perform demarcation optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a septic tank servicer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure compliance with environmental legislation practise this
- 02 maintain cleaning equipment practise this
- 03 maintain records of maintenance interventions practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
- already held maintain septic tanks skill
- already held operate pumps skill
- already held operate sumps skill
- already held perform cleaning activities in an environmentally friendly way skill
- already held perform outdoor cleaning activities skill
- already held waste transport legislation knowledge
- already held clean industrial containers skill
- already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
- already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- already held inspect pipelines skill
- already held operate drilling equipment skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held prevent pipeline deterioration skill
- already held types of pipelines knowledge
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate gas extraction equipment optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install septic systems optional
- optional, not held agree on repair arrangements optional
- optional, not held drain hazardous liquids optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
- optional, not held advise on equipment maintenance optional
- optional, not held operate gas extraction equipment optional
- optional, not held perform demarcation optional
12 held skills the septic tank servicer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role clean sewerage systems skill
- not needed by the target role clear pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure sanitation skill
- not needed by the target role excavation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect sewerage systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage waste skill
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role regulate the flow of substances in pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role repair pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role use pipeline video equipment skill
- not needed by the target role water policies knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
Common questions about this move
Can a sewerage cleaner become a septic tank servicer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A sewerage cleaner already covers 64% of what a septic tank servicer is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 8 of which the septic tank servicer role treats as required.
What skills does a sewerage cleaner need to become a septic tank servicer?
3 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is ensure compliance with environmental legislation.
How hard is the move from sewerage cleaner to septic tank servicer?
Its learning distance is 35.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.