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

surveying techniciantoland planner

A surveying technician already meets 55% of what the land planner role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From surveying technician
55%
Overlap1
To land planner
20 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
48.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

55%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.1/ 100

1 Share of the land planner 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 land planner role treats 11 of its required skills as things a surveying technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • civil engineering
  • compare survey computations
  • engineering principles
  • geographic information systems
  • geography
  • process collected survey data

What stands in the way is 8 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A land planner 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 determine property boundaries information skills
  • already held compare survey computations information skills
  • already held compile GIS-data information skills
  • already held process collected survey data information skills
  • already held geodesy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held perform surveying calculations information skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 11 the land planner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on architectural matters required
  • required, not held advise on use of land required
  • required, not held provide technical expertise required
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held advise on building matters optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held promote sustainability optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held green building standards required
  • required, not held urban planning required
  • required, not held zoning codes required
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute feasibility study required
  • optional, not held document survey operations optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held environmental policy required
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held rural development strategies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a land planner 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held civil engineering knowledge
  • already held compare survey computations skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held geographic information systems knowledge
  • already held geography knowledge
  • already held process collected survey data skill
  • already held surveying knowledge
  • already held surveying methods knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held topography knowledge
  • already held urban planning law knowledge
  • already held collect data using GPS skill
  • already held compile GIS-data skill
  • already held conduct land surveys skill
  • already held determine property boundaries skill
  • already held geodesy knowledge
  • already held geology knowledge
  • already held operate surveying instruments skill
  • already held perform surveying calculations skill
  • already held record survey data skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held document survey operations optional
  • optional, not held rural development strategies optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held advise on building matters optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry optional
  • optional, not held promote sustainability optional
26 held skills the land planner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust surveying equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role apply digital mapping skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate precision instrument skill
  • not needed by the target role cartography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect geological data skill
  • not needed by the target role collect mapping data skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research before survey skill
  • not needed by the target role create GIS reports skill
  • not needed by the target role create thematic maps skill
  • not needed by the target role develop geological databases skill
  • 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 geomatics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret geophysical data skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare geological map sections skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare surveying report 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 use CAD software skill
  • not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
  • 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
9 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 green building standards required
  • required, not held environmental policy required
  • required, not held urban planning required
  • required, not held zoning codes required
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held rural development strategies optional
  • optional, not held spatial planning optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held photogrammetry 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.