remote sensing techniciantohydrographic surveying technician
A remote sensing technician already meets 39% of what the hydrographic surveying technician role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
65.9/ 100
1 Share of the hydrographic surveying technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the remote sensing 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 this move works
A hydrographic surveying technician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a remote sensing technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cartography
- collect mapping data
- geodesy
- geomatics
- mathematics
- surveying
What stands in the way is 14 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 hydrographic surveying technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a remote sensing technician background worth leading with.
- already held geomatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held collect mapping data information skills
- already held geodesy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held develop geological databases working with computers
- already held prepare geological map sections communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create GIS reports information skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 7 the hydrographic surveying technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 6 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 conduct underwater surveys required
- required, not held document survey operations required
- required, not held record survey data required
- required, not held perform surveying calculations required
- required, not held prepare surveying report required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held analyse scientific data optional
- optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
- optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
- optional, not held process collected survey data optional
- required, not held morphology required
- required, not held bathymetry required
- required, not held hydrography required
- required, not held survey techniques required
- optional, not held oceanography optional
- required, not held assist hydrographic surveys required
- required, not held operate surveying instruments required
- required, not held adjust surveying equipment required
- optional, not held operate marine machinery systems optional
- optional, not held operate marine communication systems optional
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
- optional, not held write technical reports optional
- required, not held surveying methods required
- optional, not held vessel safety equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hydrographic surveying technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 morphology knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 assist hydrographic surveys skill · sector specific
- 03 bathymetry 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held cartography knowledge
- already held collect mapping data skill
- already held geodesy knowledge
- already held geomatics knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held surveying knowledge
- already held topography knowledge
- already held apply digital mapping skill
- already held assist scientific research skill
- already held collect data using GPS skill
- already held create GIS reports skill
- already held create thematic maps skill
- already held develop geological databases skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held geography knowledge
- already held geology knowledge
- already held interpret geophysical data skill
- already held prepare geological map sections skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held operate marine machinery systems optional
- optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
- optional, not held vessel safety equipment optional
- optional, not held analyse scientific data optional
- optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
- optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
- optional, not held oceanography optional
- optional, not held operate marine communication systems optional
- optional, not held process collected survey data optional
- optional, not held write technical reports optional
21 held skills the hydrographic surveying technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Earth science knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect real-time geolocation information skill
- not needed by the target role compile GIS-data skill
- not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct research on climate processes skill
- not needed by the target role create cadastral maps skill
- not needed by the target role create strategic maps skill
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role geophysics knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role log transmitter readings skill
- not needed by the target role operate remote sensing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role photogrammetry knowledge
- not needed by the target role remote sensing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role research remote sensing technologies skill
- not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role study aerial photos skill
- not needed by the target role study radar images skill
7 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 morphology required
- required, not held bathymetry required
- required, not held hydrography required
- required, not held surveying methods required
- required, not held survey techniques required
- optional, not held vessel safety equipment optional
- optional, not held oceanography 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.