Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a geothermal technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a geothermal technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Geothermal technicians install and maintain geothermal power plants and commercial and residential geothermal heating installations. They perform inspections, analyse problems and carry out repairs. They participate in the initial installation, testing and maintenance of geothermal equipment and ensure compliance with safety regulations.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: geothermal power plant operator, 58%

geothermal power plant operat… 58% covered hydroelectric plant operator 39% covered fossil-fuel power plant opera… 36% covered electrical transmission syste… 35% covered geothermal engineer 34% covered geothermal technician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from geothermal technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a geothermal technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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geothermal technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a geothermal technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.