Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a boat rigger can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a boat rigger already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Boat riggers use hand and power tools to install motors, gauges, controls and accessories such as batteries, lights, fuel tanks and ignition switches. They also perform pre-delivery inspections.

Also known as deck rigger, marine outboard rigger, sail rigger, yacht rigger, ship rigger, marine rigger, boat tester, boat checker.

Craft and related trades workers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: aircraft de-icer installer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
aircraft de-icer installer 69% covered bicycle assembler 65% covered aircraft gas turbine engine o… 59% covered motor vehicle engine assembler 57% covered motor vehicle parts assembler 57% covered boat rigger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from boat rigger, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a boat rigger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A boat rigger needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • ensure vessel compliance with regulations assisting and caring
  • mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • recognise signs of corrosion information skills
  • engine components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use power tools handling and moving
  • align components handling and moving
  • fasten components handling and moving
  • use technical documentation information skills
  • read engineering drawings information skills
  • apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a boat rigger does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Boat rigger is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a boat rigger’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.