roughnecktodewatering technician
A roughneck already meets 30% of what the dewatering technician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
60.7/ 100
1 Share of the dewatering technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the roughneck 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 dewatering technician role treats 3 of its required skills as things a roughneck already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- chemistry
- collect samples
- troubleshoot
What stands in the way is 5 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dewatering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a roughneck background worth leading with.
- already held collect samples handling and moving
- already held chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the dewatering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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 manage storage tanks required
- required, not held manage sumps required
- optional, not held operate sumps optional
- optional, not held operate vacuum dewatering system optional
- optional, not held operate pumps optional
- required, not held maintain records of mining operations required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- required, not held treat contaminated water required
- optional, not held conduct inter-shift communication optional
- optional, not held write production reports optional
- optional, not held weld mining machinery optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dewatering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage storage tanks skill · occupation specific
- 02 maintain records of mining operations skill · sector specific
- 03 manage sumps skill · 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held collect samples skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held train employees skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held biology optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held conduct inter-shift communication optional
- optional, not held operate sumps optional
- optional, not held operate vacuum dewatering system optional
- optional, not held weld mining machinery optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held operate pumps optional
- optional, not held write production reports optional
13 held skills the dewatering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble metal parts skill
- not needed by the target role connect equipment to wellheads skill
- not needed by the target role connect oil well heads skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role guide drill pipes skill
- not needed by the target role maintain drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain oil field machinery skill
- not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor drilling fluid skill
- not needed by the target role react to events in time-critical environments skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held biology 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.