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From drainage engineer to water engineer

14 of the 24 essential skills of a water engineer are already essential for a drainage engineer — about 58% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

14
skills carry over
10
would be new
58%
of the target job covered
24
essential skills of a water engineer

What a water engineer does

Water engineers research and develop methods for the provision of clean water, water treatment and flood damage prevention and reaction. They research water needs in a location and develop methods for meeting those needs, such as designing and developing projects for managing water resources such as treatment plants, pipelines, pump systems, irrigation or draining systems and other water supply systems. Water engineers also ensure proper installation of these systems on construction sites. Water engineers also maintain, repair and build structures that control water resources, such as bridges, canals and dams.

What would be new

10 skills

Essential for a water engineer and not for a drainage engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from drainage engineer

2 roles

drainage engineerwater engineerThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a water engineer?

MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.