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

septic tank servicertowater systems engineering technician

A septic tank servicer already meets 26% of what the water systems engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From septic tank servicer
26%
Overlap1
To water systems engineering technician
6 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
67.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.1/ 100

1 Share of the water systems engineering technician 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 water systems engineering technician role treats 3 of its required skills as things a septic tank servicer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • types of pipelines
  • use personal protection equipment

What stands in the way is 7 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 water systems engineering technician 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 ensure equipment maintenance management skills
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation assisting and caring
  • already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the water systems engineering technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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, 5 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 analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects optional
  • optional, not held ensure proper water storage optional
  • optional, not held perform water treatments optional
  • optional, not held survey sites for pipeline installation optional
  • optional, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations optional
02 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform follow-up on pipeline route services required
  • optional, not held follow water supply schedule optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures required
  • optional, not held regulate the flow of substances in pipelines optional
04 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held water policies required
  • optional, not held flood remediation equipment optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held hydraulics required
06 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain water distribution equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain water treatment equipment optional

2 further areas in the appendix

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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held types of pipelines knowledge
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
  • already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • already held prevent pipeline deterioration skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use water disinfection equipment optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects optional
  • 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 survey sites for pipeline installation optional
  • optional, not held test pipeline infrastructure operations optional
  • optional, not held use water disinfection equipment optional
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held flood remediation equipment optional
23 held skills the water systems engineering technician 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 apply health and safety standards 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 handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect pipelines 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
3 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 hydraulics required
  • required, not held water policies required
  • optional, not held flood remediation equipment 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.