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

soil surveying techniciantoland surveyor

A soil surveying technician already meets 43% of what the land surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From soil surveying technician
43%
Overlap1
To land surveyor
17 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
63.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.4/ 100

1 Share of the land 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 land surveyor role treats 15 of its required skills as things a soil surveying technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust surveying equipment
  • cartography
  • civil engineering
  • conduct land surveys
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes

What stands in the way is 12 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A land 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 17 carried skills, including the 15 the land surveyor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 7 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 4 required, 10 supplementary
  • required, not held compare survey computations required
  • required, not held document survey operations required
  • required, not held determine property boundaries 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 collect mapping data 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
  • optional, not held value properties optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust engineering designs required
  • required, not held approve engineering design required
  • optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
  • optional, not held prepare geological map sections optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held geodesy required
  • required, not held geomatics required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
05 working with computers 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
  • 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 cadastral maps optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held calibrate electronic instruments required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a land 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust surveying equipment skill
  • already held cartography knowledge
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held conduct land surveys skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with safety legislation skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held operate surveying instruments skill
  • already held perform scientific research 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held urban planning law optional
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues 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 quantity surveying 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 collect data using GPS optional
  • optional, not held collect mapping data 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 cadastral maps optional
  • optional, not held create thematic maps optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held process collected survey data optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
  • optional, not held urban planning law optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
  • optional, not held value properties optional
20 held skills the land 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 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 soil sample tests skill
  • not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
  • 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 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
8 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 mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products required
  • required, not held geodesy required
  • required, not held geomatics required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held urban planning law 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.