Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a bricklayer can go next

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

Bricklayers assemble brick walls and structures by skilfully laying the bricks in an established pattern, using a binding agent like cement to bond the bricks together. They then fill the joints with mortar or other suitable materials.

Also known as specialist brick layer, industrial oven brickmason, brick laying worker, brick layer, trowel occupation worker, brick laying labourer.

Craft and related trades workers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: concrete finisher, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
concrete finisher 60% covered plasterer 59% covered stonemason 56% covered resilient floor layer 55% covered insulation worker 55% covered bricklayer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from bricklayer, 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 bricklayer 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 bricklayer needs 19 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
  • check straightness of brick constructing
  • split bricks handling and moving
  • lay bricks constructing
  • finish mortar joints constructing
  • discharge cement working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • snap chalk line handling and moving
  • mix construction grouts handling and moving
  • install construction profiles constructing
  • secure working area assisting and caring
  • sort waste handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bricklayer’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.