demolition supervisortodredging supervisor
A demolition supervisor already meets 68% of what the dredging supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
38.1/ 100
1 Share of the dredging supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the demolition supervisor 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 dredging supervisor role treats 16 of its required skills as things a demolition supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- coordinate construction activities
- ensure compliance with construction project deadline
- ensure equipment availability
- evaluate employees work
- excavation techniques
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dredging supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a demolition supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held plan resource allocation management skills
- already held operate excavator working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held coordinate construction activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held excavation techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
- already held ensure compliance with construction project deadline management skills
All 27 carried skills, including the 16 the dredging supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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 soil mechanics required
- required, not held mechanical systems required
- optional, not held machinery load capacity optional
- required, not held guide placement of anchors required
- optional, not held control cutterheads optional
- optional, not held control suction booms optional
- optional, not held operate bucket wheel excavator optional
- optional, not held position anchor poles optional
- required, not held inspect construction supplies required
- optional, not held measure water depth optional
- required, not held dredging consoles required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dredging supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 dredging consoles knowledge · sector specific
- 02 guide placement of anchors skill · sector specific
- 03 soil mechanics knowledge · 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held coordinate construction activities skill
- already held ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held evaluate employees work skill
- already held excavation techniques knowledge
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held plan resource allocation skill
- already held plan shifts of employees skill
- already held prevent damage to utility infrastructure skill
- already held process incoming construction supplies skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
- already held construction product regulation knowledge
- already held cost management knowledge
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
- already held operate excavator skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held provide technical expertise skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held use rigging tools optional
- optional, not held position dredger optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held control cutterheads optional
- optional, not held control suction booms optional
- optional, not held operate bucket wheel excavator optional
- optional, not held position anchor poles optional
- optional, not held position dredger optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held machinery load capacity optional
- optional, not held measure water depth optional
- optional, not held use rigging tools optional
24 held skills the dredging supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role asbestos removal regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role demolish structures skill
- not needed by the target role demolition techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role drive mobile heavy construction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
- not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role guide operation of heavy construction equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate heavy construction machinery without supervision skill
- not needed by the target role operate jackhammer skill
- not needed by the target role operate laser cutting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate oxygen cutting torch skill
- not needed by the target role operate plasma cutting torch skill
- not needed by the target role operate wrecking ball skill
- not needed by the target role perform selective demolition skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role react to events in time-critical environments skill
- not needed by the target role recognise the hazards of dangerous goods skill
- not needed by the target role rig loads skill
- not needed by the target role sort waste 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 dredging consoles required
- required, not held soil mechanics required
- required, not held mechanical systems required
- optional, not held machinery load capacity 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.