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

sewerage network operativetopipeline maintenance worker

A sewerage network operative already meets 47% of what the pipeline maintenance worker role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sewerage network operative
47%
Overlap1
To pipeline maintenance worker
11 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
51.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.9/ 100

1 Share of the pipeline maintenance worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sewerage network operative 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 8 of its required skills as things a sewerage network operative already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply health and safety standards
  • ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
  • inspect pipelines
  • maintain pipeline coating properties
  • pipeline coating properties
  • prevent pipeline deterioration

What stands in the way is 9 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 11 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 sewerage network operative background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain pipeline coating properties working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held assemble manufactured pipeline parts constructing
  • already held pipeline coating properties engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held prevent pipeline deterioration constructing
  • already held test pipeline infrastructure operations information skills
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure constructing

All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the pipeline maintenance worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 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 constructing 2 required
  • required, not held operate soldering equipment required
  • required, not held operate welding equipment required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held use rigging equipment required
  • required, not held maintain equipment required
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held measure parts of manufactured products required
  • optional, not held monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline optional
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held handle chemicals required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held comply with pipeline transport regulations optional

2 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill
  • already held inspect pipelines skill
  • already held maintain pipeline coating properties skill
  • already held pipeline coating properties knowledge
  • already held prevent pipeline deterioration skill
  • already held test pipeline infrastructure operations skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held assemble manufactured pipeline parts skill
  • already held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
  • already held types of pipelines knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow up pipeline integrity management priorities optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
26 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 analyse experimental laboratory data skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out cleaning of road drains skill
  • not needed by the target role clean industrial containers skill
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lay pipe installation 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 mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects skill
  • not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate hydraulic machinery controls 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 demarcation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pipeline routing studies skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role regulate the flow of substances in pipelines skill
  • not needed by the target role repair pipelines skill
  • not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
  • not needed by the target role use geographic information systems 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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.