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

surveying techniciantohydrographic surveyor

A surveying technician already meets 69% of what the hydrographic surveyor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From surveying technician
69%
Overlap1
To hydrographic surveyor
30 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
38 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

38/ 100

1 Share of the hydrographic surveyor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 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 14 of its required skills as things a surveying technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust surveying equipment
  • cartography
  • collect mapping data
  • compare survey computations
  • geodesy
  • geomatics

What stands in the way is 6 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 30 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 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 compare survey computations information skills
  • already held conduct research before survey information skills
  • already held geomatics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held compile GIS-data information skills
  • already held collect mapping data information skills

All 30 carried skills, including the 14 the hydrographic surveyor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held bathymetry required
  • required, not held hydrography required
  • required, not held hydrology required
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct underwater surveys required
  • required, not held document survey operations required
  • optional, not held study aerial photos 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 4 supplementary
  • 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
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 30 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust surveying equipment skill
  • already held cartography knowledge
  • already held collect mapping data skill
  • already held compare survey computations skill
  • already held geodesy knowledge
  • already held geomatics knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held operate surveying instruments skill
  • already held perform surveying calculations 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 apply digital mapping skill
  • already held collect data using GPS skill
  • already held collect geological data skill
  • already held compile GIS-data skill
  • already held conduct research before survey skill
  • already held create GIS reports skill
  • already held create thematic maps skill
  • already held develop geological databases skill
  • already held geographic information systems knowledge
  • already held geography knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held interpret geophysical data skill
  • already held prepare geological map sections skill
  • already held process collected survey data skill
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use geographic information systems skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist hydrographic surveys optional
  • optional, not held provide information on geological characteristics optional
  • optional, not held steer vessels optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held assist scientific research optional
  • optional, not held design scientific equipment optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
  • optional, not held study aerial photos optional
16 held skills the hydrographic surveyor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate precision instrument skill
  • not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role determine property boundaries skill
  • 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 perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
  • not needed by the target role survey techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
  • not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
  • not needed by the target role value properties skill
4 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
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
Index

Other moves recorded from surveying technician

Full index of moves from 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.