Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cable jointer can go next

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

Cable jointers construct and maintain power supply and control cables in underground pipes and grooves. They also make and repair electrical cables connecting customers to the electricity network.

Also known as cable installation electrician, electricity cable jointer, electrical cable maintenance worker, cable maintenance electrician, low voltage electricity cable jointer, LV cable jointer, HV cable jointer, low voltage cable jointer, cable installer, electric powerline cabler, control cable jointer, network cable jointer.

Craft and related trades workers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: electrical power distributor, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
electrical power distributor 62% covered street lighting electrician 61% covered electrical transmission syste… 45% covered power lines supervisor 35% covered geothermal power plant operat… 26% covered cable jointer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cable jointer, 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 cable jointer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A cable jointer needs 12 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
  • install power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair overhead power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair underground power cables working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • inspect overhead power lines constructing
  • inspect underground power cables constructing
  • transmission towers engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electric current engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical discharge engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electrical power safety regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electricity engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Cable jointer 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 cable jointer’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.