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

drainage engineertowater systems engineering technician

A drainage engineer already meets 50% of what the water systems engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From drainage engineer
50%
Overlap1
To water systems engineering technician
11 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
47.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.2/ 100

1 Share of the water systems engineering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the drainage 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

Why this move works

A water systems engineering technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a drainage engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
  • hydraulics
  • perform follow-up on pipeline route services
  • types of pipelines
  • water policies

What stands in the way is 4 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A water systems engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a drainage engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects information skills
  • already held flood remediation equipment services
  • already held survey sites for pipeline installation information skills
  • already held perform follow-up on pipeline route services management skills
  • already held water policies services
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing

All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the water systems engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held measure water quality parameters required
  • required, not held monitor water quality required
  • required, not held perform water testing procedures required
  • optional, not held ensure proper water storage optional
  • optional, not held perform water treatments optional
  • optional, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use personal protection equipment required
  • optional, not held regulate the flow of substances in pipelines optional
03 constructing 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain water distribution equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain water treatment equipment optional
  • optional, not held prevent pipeline deterioration optional
04 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow water supply schedule optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use water disinfection equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a water systems engineering technician 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill
  • already held hydraulics knowledge
  • already held perform follow-up on pipeline route services skill
  • already held types of pipelines knowledge
  • already held water policies knowledge
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects skill
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
  • already held flood remediation equipment knowledge
  • already held survey sites for pipeline installation skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure proper water storage optional
  • optional, not held follow water supply schedule optional
  • optional, not held maintain water distribution equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain water treatment equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform water treatments optional
  • optional, not held regulate the flow of substances in pipelines optional
  • optional, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations optional
  • optional, not held use water disinfection equipment optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held prevent pipeline deterioration optional
26 held skills the water systems engineering technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on irrigation projects skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role conserve natural resources skill
  • not needed by the target role consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows skill
  • not needed by the target role create designs for pipeline engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role design drainage well systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop flood remediation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop irrigation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow up pipeline integrity management priorities skill
  • not needed by the target role hydraulic fluid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hydrology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify risk of flooding skill
  • not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare timelines for pipeline development projects skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
  • not needed by the target role water reuse knowledge
Index

Other moves recorded from drainage engineer

Full index of moves from drainage engineer

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.