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

cadastral techniciantoland surveyor

A cadastral technician already meets 28% of what the land surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cadastral technician
28%
Overlap1
To land surveyor
14 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
75.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.5/ 100

1 Share of the land surveyor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cadastral 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

Why this move works

A land surveyor role treats 8 of its required skills as things a cadastral technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • cartography
  • compare survey computations
  • conduct land surveys
  • document survey operations
  • operate surveying instruments
  • perform surveying calculations

What stands in the way is 19 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A land surveyor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cadastral technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create cadastral maps working with computers
  • already held compare survey computations information skills
  • already held document survey operations information skills
  • already held perform surveying calculations information skills
  • already held process collected survey data information skills
  • already held surveying methods engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the land surveyor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • required, not held topography required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held surveying required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
02 information skills 3 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held determine property boundaries required
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
  • required, not held prepare surveying report required
  • optional, not held collect geological data optional
  • optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
  • optional, not held collect mapping data optional
  • optional, not held compile GIS-data optional
  • optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
  • optional, not held create GIS reports optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
  • optional, not held value properties optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held geodesy required
  • required, not held geomatics required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • optional, not held geography optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust engineering designs required
  • required, not held approve engineering design required
  • optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held adjust surveying equipment required
  • required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
06 working with computers 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
  • optional, not held develop geological databases optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a land surveyor 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cartography knowledge
  • already held compare survey computations skill
  • already held conduct land surveys skill
  • already held document survey operations skill
  • already held operate surveying instruments skill
  • already held perform surveying calculations skill
  • already held record survey data skill
  • already held surveying methods knowledge
  • already held collect data using GPS skill
  • already held create cadastral maps skill
  • already held geographic information systems knowledge
  • already held process collected survey data skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use geographic information systems skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held urban planning law optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
  • optional, not held collect geological data optional
  • optional, not held develop geological databases optional
  • optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held collect mapping data optional
  • optional, not held compile GIS-data optional
  • optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
  • optional, not held create GIS reports optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
  • optional, not held geography optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
  • optional, not held urban planning law optional
  • optional, not held value properties optional
12 held skills the land surveyor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role concurrent estate knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction legal systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cadastre skill
  • not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role review construction plans authorisations skill
  • not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
15 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 engineering processes required
  • required, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • required, not held topography required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held geodesy required
  • required, not held geomatics required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • required, not held surveying required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held geography optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held urban planning law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from cadastral technician

Full index of moves from cadastral technician

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.