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

soil surveying techniciantohydrographic surveyor

A soil surveying technician already meets 34% of what the hydrographic surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From soil surveying technician
34%
Overlap1
To hydrographic surveyor
11 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
68.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.8/ 100

1 Share of the hydrographic surveyor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the soil surveying technician 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 hydrographic surveyor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a soil surveying technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust surveying equipment
  • cartography
  • mathematics
  • operate surveying instruments
  • prepare surveying report
  • record survey data

What stands in the way is 11 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 hydrographic surveyor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a soil surveying technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adjust surveying equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held prepare surveying report information skills
  • already held surveying methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held operate surveying instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held record survey data information skills
  • already held surveying engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the hydrographic surveyor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 5 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 5 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held compare survey computations required
  • required, not held conduct underwater surveys required
  • required, not held document survey operations required
  • required, not held collect mapping data required
  • required, not held perform surveying calculations required
  • optional, not held collect geological data optional
  • optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
  • optional, not held collect data using GPS optional
  • optional, not held compile GIS-data optional
  • optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
  • optional, not held create GIS reports optional
  • optional, not held process collected survey data optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held bathymetry required
  • required, not held hydrography required
  • required, not held hydrology required
  • required, not held geodesy required
  • required, not held geomatics required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required
  • optional, not held assist hydrographic surveys optional
  • optional, not held steer vessels optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
  • optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held assist scientific research optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
05 working with computers 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop geological databases optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hydrographic surveyor 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 adjust surveying equipment skill
  • already held cartography knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held operate surveying instruments skill
  • already held prepare surveying report skill
  • already held record survey data skill
  • already held surveying knowledge
  • already held surveying methods knowledge
  • already held topography knowledge
  • already held geography knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist hydrographic surveys optional
  • optional, not held collect geological data optional
  • optional, not held develop geological databases optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
  • optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
  • optional, not held steer vessels optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held assist scientific research optional
  • optional, not held collect data using GPS optional
  • optional, not held compile GIS-data optional
  • optional, not held conduct research before survey optional
  • optional, not held create GIS reports optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
  • optional, not held process collected survey data optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
26 held skills the hydrographic surveyor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on nature conservation skill
  • not needed by the target role agroforestry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect samples skill
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct field work skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct soil sample tests skill
  • not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather experimental data skill
  • not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor geotechnical structures skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role soil mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role soil science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
7 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 bathymetry required
  • required, not held hydrography required
  • required, not held hydrology required
  • required, not held geodesy required
  • required, not held geomatics required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
Index

Other moves recorded from soil surveying technician

Full index of moves from soil surveying technician

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.