water conservation techniciantowastewater treatment operator
A water conservation technician already meets 27% of what the wastewater treatment operator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
70.7/ 100
1 Share of the wastewater treatment operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the water conservation 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 this move works
A wastewater treatment operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a water conservation technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- maintain water treatment equipment
- monitor water quality
- operate water purifying equipment
- perform water treatment procedures
- perform water treatments
What stands in the way is 10 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wastewater treatment operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a water conservation technician background worth leading with.
- already held operate water purifying equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform water treatment procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain water treatment equipment constructing
- already held perform water treatments information skills
- already held water policies services
- already held operate pumping equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the wastewater treatment operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 measure water quality parameters required
- required, not held perform water chemistry analysis required
- required, not held document analysis results required
- required, not held interpret scientific data to assess water quality required
- optional, not held ensure proper water storage optional
- optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
- optional, not held perform sample testing optional
- required, not held use water disinfection equipment required
- required, not held carry out waste water treatment required
- optional, not held maintain desalination control system optional
- optional, not held maintain specified water characteristics optional
- optional, not held manage desalination control system optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls optional
- optional, not held operate sewage treatment plans on ships optional
- required, not held collect samples required
- required, not held dispose of sewage sludge required
- optional, not held prepare samples for testing optional
- required, not held water chemistry analysis required
- required, not held percolation required
- optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain water distribution equipment optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a wastewater treatment operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 collect samples skill · sector specific
- 02 measure water quality parameters skill · sector specific
- 03 perform water chemistry analysis 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held maintain water treatment equipment skill
- already held monitor water quality skill
- already held operate water purifying equipment skill
- already held perform water treatment procedures skill
- already held perform water treatments skill
- already held operate pumping equipment skill
- already held water policies knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held water reuse optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure proper water storage optional
- optional, not held maintain desalination control system optional
- optional, not held maintain specified water characteristics optional
- optional, not held maintain water distribution equipment optional
- optional, not held manage desalination control system optional
- optional, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls optional
- optional, not held operate sewage treatment plans on ships optional
- optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
- optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
- optional, not held perform sample testing optional
- optional, not held prepare samples for testing optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
20 held skills the wastewater treatment operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply proofing membranes skill
- not needed by the target role check water pressure skill
- not needed by the target role clear out drains skill
- not needed by the target role conserve water resource skill
- not needed by the target role develop water supply schedule skill
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy performance of buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect roof for source of rainwater contamination skill
- not needed by the target role install PVC piping skill
- not needed by the target role install water purity mechanism skill
- not needed by the target role install water reservoir skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role set up water filtration system skill
- not needed by the target role set up water pump skill
- not needed by the target role treat contaminated water skill
- not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
- not needed by the target role use metal bending techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use safety equipment in construction skill
4 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 water chemistry analysis required
- required, not held percolation required
- optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
Other moves recorded from water conservation technician
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.