soil scientisttosoil surveying technician
A soil scientist already meets 85% of what the soil surveying technician role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
85%
18.1/ 100
1 Share of the soil surveying technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the soil scientist 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 soil surveying technician role treats 18 of its required skills as things a soil scientist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust surveying equipment
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- collect samples
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct field work
- conduct soil sample tests
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A soil surveying technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a soil scientist background worth leading with.
- already held soil mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held adjust surveying equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held conduct soil sample tests information skills
- already held prepare surveying report information skills
- already held soil science natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held advise on nature conservation communication, collaboration and creativity
All 28 carried skills, including the 18 the soil surveying technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 4 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 ensure compliance with safety legislation required
- optional, not held cartography optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held topography optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held engineering principles optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held monitor geotechnical structures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a soil surveying 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 · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held adjust surveying equipment skill
- already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
- already held collect samples skill
- already held collect samples for analysis skill
- already held conduct field work skill
- already held conduct soil sample tests skill
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held gather experimental data skill
- already held geology knowledge
- already held laboratory techniques knowledge
- already held operate surveying instruments skill
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held prepare surveying report skill
- already held soil mechanics knowledge
- already held soil science knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on nature conservation skill
- already held agroforestry knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held biology knowledge
- already held conduct land surveys skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held record survey data skill
- already held surveying knowledge
- already held surveying methods knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held cartography optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held monitor geotechnical structures optional
- optional, not held topography optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held engineering principles optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
26 held skills the soil surveying technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European pesticide legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
- not needed by the target role advise on soil and water protection skill
- not needed by the target role agricultural equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role agronomical production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- not needed by the target role climate change impact knowledge
- not needed by the target role conservation agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role crop production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop irrigation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop scientific research protocols skill
- not needed by the target role ensure soil fertility skill
- not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role fertilisation principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement biodiversity action plans skill
- not needed by the target role inspect agricultural fields skill
- not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with crop growers skill
- not needed by the target role plant harvest methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant propagation knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainable agricultural production principles knowledge
7 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 cartography optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held topography optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held engineering principles optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held mathematics 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.