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A wastewater treatment technician already meets 47% of what the water plant technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
52.2/ 100
1 Share of the water plant technician 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 this move works
A water plant technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a wastewater treatment technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- maintain specified water characteristics
- maintain water storage equipment
- maintain water treatment equipment
- monitor water quality
- operate hydraulic machinery controls
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 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A water plant technician 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.
- already held maintain specified water characteristics working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain water storage equipment constructing
- already held maintain desalination control system working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held ensure proper water storage information skills
- already held operate water purifying equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held percolation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 16 carried skills, including the 6 the water plant technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held operate pumping systems required
- optional, not held manage desalination control system optional
- optional, not held perform water treatment procedures optional
- optional, not held carry out waste water treatment optional
- optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
- required, not held maintain water distribution equipment required
- optional, not held install hydraulic systems optional
- optional, not held install plumbing systems optional
- required, not held measure water quality parameters required
- optional, not held document analysis results optional
- optional, not held perform water testing procedures optional
- required, not held water pressure required
- optional, not held water chemistry analysis optional
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- required, not held water policies required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a water plant technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain water distribution equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 measure water quality parameters skill · sector specific
- 03 operate pumping systems skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held maintain specified water characteristics skill
- already held maintain water storage equipment skill
- already held maintain water treatment equipment skill
- already held monitor water quality skill
- already held operate hydraulic machinery controls skill
- already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
- already held ensure proper water storage skill
- already held maintain desalination control system skill
- already held maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- already held operate water purifying equipment skill
- already held percolation knowledge
- already held perform water treatments skill
- already held test samples for pollutants skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held use water disinfection equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held follow water supply schedule optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
- optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow water supply schedule optional
- optional, not held manage desalination control system optional
- optional, not held perform water treatment procedures optional
- optional, not held water chemistry analysis optional
- optional, not held carry out waste water treatment optional
- optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
- optional, not held document analysis results optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held install hydraulic systems optional
- optional, not held install plumbing systems optional
- optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
- optional, not held perform water testing procedures optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
14 held skills the water plant technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of sewage sludge 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 operate pumping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate sewage treatment plans on ships skill
- not needed by the target role perform sample testing 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 resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role use testing equipment 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.
- required, not held water policies required
- required, not held water pressure required
- optional, not held water chemistry analysis optional
- optional, not held water reuse optional
Other moves recorded from wastewater treatment technician
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.