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

wastewater treatment techniciantobriquetting machine operator

A wastewater treatment technician already meets 33% of what the briquetting machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From wastewater treatment technician
33%
Overlap1
To briquetting machine operator
4 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
57.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.4/ 100

1 Share of the briquetting machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wastewater treatment 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 briquetting machine operator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a wastewater treatment technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply health and safety standards
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • operate hydraulic machinery controls
  • resolve equipment malfunctions

What stands in the way is 5 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A briquetting machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wastewater treatment technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate hydraulic machinery controls working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held resolve equipment malfunctions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation assisting and caring
  • already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the briquetting machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held guide cranes required
  • required, not held operate metal fabricating machines required
  • required, not held perform minor repairs to equipment required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • optional, not held work in metal manufacture teams optional
  • optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply various lifting techniques optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a briquetting machine operator 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held operate hydraulic machinery controls skill
  • already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maximise efficiency of crane operations optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held physics optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply various lifting techniques optional
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held maximise efficiency of crane operations optional
  • optional, not held work in metal manufacture teams optional
  • optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
26 held skills the briquetting machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role dispose of sewage sludge skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper water storage skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret scientific data to assess water quality skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
  • not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain desalination control system skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain specified water characteristics skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain water storage equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain water treatment equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
  • not needed by the target role operate pumping equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sewage treatment plans on ships skill
  • not needed by the target role operate water purifying equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role percolation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform sample testing skill
  • not needed by the target role perform water treatments skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare samples for testing skill
  • not needed by the target role repair plumbing systems skill
  • not needed by the target role replace machines skill
  • 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 personal protection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use water disinfection equipment skill
2 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
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from wastewater treatment technician

Full index of moves from wastewater treatment 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.