wastewater engineertodrainage engineer
A wastewater engineer already meets 63% of what the drainage engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
42.9/ 100
1 Share of the drainage engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wastewater engineer 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 drainage engineer role treats 15 of its required skills as things a wastewater engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- create designs for pipeline engineering
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A drainage engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wastewater engineer background worth leading with.
- already held create designs for pipeline engineering communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held hydraulic fluid engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held prepare timelines for pipeline development projects management skills
- already held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects assisting and caring
- already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing
- already held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures assisting and caring
All 20 carried skills, including the 15 the drainage engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 9 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 analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects required
- required, not held survey sites for pipeline installation required
- required, not held identify risk of flooding required
- required, not held design drainage well systems required
- optional, not held advise on irrigation projects optional
- required, not held flood remediation equipment required
- optional, not held water policies optional
- required, not held consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows required
- optional, not held develop irrigation strategies optional
- optional, not held perform follow-up on pipeline route services optional
- optional, not held develop flood remediation strategies optional
- optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
- optional, not held environmental engineering optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a drainage engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects skill · sector specific
- 02 consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows skill · sector specific
- 03 design drainage well systems 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held create designs for pipeline engineering skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
- already held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill
- already held hydraulic fluid knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held types of pipelines knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held advise on pollution prevention skill
- already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
- already held monitor legislation developments skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held prepare timelines for pipeline development projects skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held conserve natural resources optional
- optional, not held hydrology optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on irrigation projects optional
- optional, not held conserve natural resources optional
- optional, not held develop irrigation strategies optional
- optional, not held hydrology optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held perform follow-up on pipeline route services optional
- optional, not held develop flood remediation strategies optional
- optional, not held environmental engineering optional
- optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
- optional, not held water policies optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
13 held skills the drainage engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
- not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental remediation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop sewerage networks skill
- not needed by the target role develop water purification methods skill
- not needed by the target role ecosystems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect pipelines skill
- not needed by the target role interpret scientific data to assess water quality skill
- not needed by the target role measure water quality parameters skill
- not needed by the target role perform pipeline routing studies skill
- not needed by the target role supervise sewerage systems construction skill
- not needed by the target role supervise waste disposal skill
- not needed by the target role supervise waste water treatments 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 flood remediation equipment required
- optional, not held hydrology optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held environmental engineering optional
- optional, not held water policies optional
- optional, not held water reuse 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.