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

waste treatment engineertowastewater engineer

A waste treatment engineer already meets 42% of what the wastewater engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From waste treatment engineer
42%
Overlap1
To wastewater engineer
12 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
59.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.4/ 100

1 Share of the wastewater engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waste treatment engineer 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 wastewater engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a waste treatment engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adjust engineering designs
  • approve engineering design
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • monitor legislation developments
  • perform scientific research

What stands in the way is 9 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wastewater engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a waste treatment engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop environmental remediation strategies management skills
  • already held advise on environmental remediation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on pollution prevention communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor legislation developments information skills
  • already held pollution prevention engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the wastewater engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation required
  • required, not held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held types of pipelines required
  • required, not held hydraulic fluid required
  • required, not held hydraulics required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create designs for pipeline engineering required
  • required, not held develop sewerage networks required
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held develop water purification methods optional
04 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepare timelines for pipeline development projects optional
  • optional, not held supervise sewerage systems construction optional
  • optional, not held supervise waste disposal optional
  • optional, not held supervise waste water treatments optional
05 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held measure water quality parameters optional
  • optional, not held perform pipeline routing studies optional
  • optional, not held interpret scientific data to assess water quality optional
06 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held inspect pipelines optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a wastewater engineer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held approve engineering design skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held monitor legislation developments skill
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held advise on environmental remediation skill
  • already held advise on pollution prevention skill
  • already held develop environmental remediation strategies skill
  • already held pollution prevention knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ecosystems optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held inspect pipelines optional
  • optional, not held measure water quality parameters optional
  • optional, not held perform pipeline routing studies optional
  • optional, not held prepare timelines for pipeline development projects optional
  • optional, not held supervise sewerage systems construction optional
  • optional, not held supervise waste disposal optional
  • optional, not held supervise waste water treatments optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held develop water purification methods optional
  • optional, not held ecosystems optional
  • optional, not held interpret scientific data to assess water quality optional
35 held skills the wastewater engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on environmental risk management systems skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse experimental laboratory data skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role assess waste type skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of waste knowledge
  • not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role decontamination techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop non-hazardous waste management strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop radiation protection strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop waste management processes skill
  • not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instruct employees on radiation protection skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain waste collection records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage environmental impact of operations skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor radiation levels skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor waste treatment equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radioactive contamination knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report test findings skill
  • not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
  • not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role waste and scrap products knowledge
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 types of pipelines required
  • required, not held hydraulic fluid required
  • required, not held hydraulics required
  • optional, not held ecosystems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from waste treatment engineer

Full index of moves from waste treatment engineer

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.