land plannertosurveying technician
A land planner already meets 48% of what the surveying technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
57.4/ 100
1 Share of the surveying technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the land planner 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 surveying technician role treats 12 of its required skills as things a land planner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- compare survey computations
- conduct land surveys
- geodesy
- geographic information systems
- operate surveying instruments
- perform surveying calculations
What stands in the way is 11 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A surveying technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a land planner background worth leading with.
- already held determine property boundaries information skills
- already held compare survey computations information skills
- already held compile GIS-data information skills
- already held geodesy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held perform surveying calculations information skills
- already held process collected survey data information skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the surveying technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 7 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 interpret geophysical data 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 collect mapping data optional
- optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
- optional, not held create GIS reports optional
- optional, not held value properties optional
- required, not held geomatics required
- required, not held mathematics required
- required, not held survey techniques required
- required, not held adjust surveying equipment required
- required, not held calibrate precision instrument required
- required, not held use technical drawing software required
- optional, not held develop geological databases optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
- optional, not held create thematic maps optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- required, not held cartography required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a surveying technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cartography knowledge · sector specific
- 02 interpret geophysical data skill · sector specific
- 03 adjust surveying equipment skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held compare survey computations skill
- already held conduct land surveys skill
- already held geodesy knowledge
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
- already held perform surveying calculations skill
- already held process collected survey data skill
- already held record survey data skill
- already held surveying knowledge
- already held surveying methods knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held topography knowledge
- already held civil engineering knowledge
- already held collect data using GPS skill
- already held compile GIS-data skill
- already held determine property boundaries skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held geography knowledge
- already held geology knowledge
- already held urban planning law knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
- optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held develop geological databases optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
- optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
- optional, not held collect mapping 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 use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- optional, not held value properties optional
18 held skills the surveying technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise architects skill
- not needed by the target role advise on architectural matters skill
- not needed by the target role advise on building matters skill
- not needed by the target role advise on use of land skill
- not needed by the target role architecture regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role document survey operations skill
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role photogrammetry knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote sustainability skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
- not needed by the target role rural development strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role spatial planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role zoning codes knowledge
6 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 cartography required
- required, not held geomatics required
- required, not held mathematics required
- required, not held survey techniques required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying 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.