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

septic tank servicertopipeline maintenance worker

A septic tank servicer already meets 24% of what the pipeline maintenance worker role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From septic tank servicer
24%
Overlap1
To pipeline maintenance worker
6 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
71.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.1/ 100

1 Share of the pipeline maintenance worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the septic tank servicer 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 pipeline maintenance worker role treats 4 of its required skills as things a septic tank servicer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply health and safety standards
  • inspect pipelines
  • prevent pipeline deterioration
  • use personal protection equipment

What stands in the way is 13 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pipeline maintenance worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a septic tank servicer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prevent pipeline deterioration constructing
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing
  • already held types of pipelines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held inspect pipelines constructing
  • already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
  • already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the pipeline maintenance worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 9 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held cooperate with colleagues required
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • required, not held follow written instructions required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held use rigging equipment required
  • required, not held maintain equipment required
  • required, not held maintain pipeline coating properties required
03 constructing 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate soldering equipment required
  • required, not held operate welding equipment required
  • optional, not held assemble manufactured pipeline parts optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held measure parts of manufactured products required
  • required, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations required
  • optional, not held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures required
  • optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held pipeline coating properties required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pipeline maintenance worker 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held inspect pipelines skill
  • already held prevent pipeline deterioration skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
  • already held types of pipelines knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held handle chemicals required
08 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
09 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assemble manufactured pipeline parts optional
  • optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional
  • optional, not held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline optional
  • optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
  • optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
23 held skills the pipeline maintenance worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role agree on repair arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role clean industrial containers skill
  • not needed by the target role drain hazardous liquids skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role install septic systems skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain cleaning equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain septic tanks skill
  • not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate gas extraction equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sumps skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cleaning activities in an environmentally friendly way skill
  • not needed by the target role perform demarcation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform outdoor cleaning activities skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
  • not needed by the target role waste transport legislation knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held pipeline coating properties required
  • optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
Index
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.