Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

Where a coachbuilder can go next

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

Coachbuilders execute work on vehicle bodies and coaches. They have skills to form body parts from panels, manufacture and assemble the frames and parts for vehicles.

Also known as caravan-body coachbuilder, coach-body builder, automobile panel beater, coach builder, vintage vehicle coachbuilder, vehicle panel beater, heavy vehicle coachbuilder, vehicle coachbuilder, commercial vehicle coachbuilder, vehicle builder, automotive panel beater, caravan-body builder.

Craft and related trades workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: refurbishing technician, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
refurbishing technician 58% covered vehicle electronics installer 40% covered vehicle restoration technician 36% covered roadside vehicle technician 21% covered motor vehicle upholsterer 19% covered coachbuilder You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from coachbuilder, 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 coachbuilder 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 coachbuilder needs 22 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
  • build bodies for vehicles handling and moving
  • carry out chassis modifications working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install vehicle accessories handling and moving
  • purchase car materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • design chassis communication, collaboration and creativity
  • fit mechanised equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare vehicle trim handling and moving
  • carry out repairs and maintenance of vehicle bodies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use shaping machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assemble final product handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Coachbuilder 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 coachbuilder’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.