Where a construction painter can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a construction painter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Construction painters paint the interior and exterior of buildings and other structures. They may use standard latex based paints or specialised paints for decorative effect or protective properties. Building painters are skilled in using brushes, paint rollers and paint sprayers for different applications.
Also known as commercial decorator, commercial painter and decorator, painter and decorator, industrial painter, construction decorator, painter (construction), specialist painter, construction painter and decorator, decorator.
Craft and related trades workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: ceiling installer, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A construction painter needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- inspect paintwork information skills
- sand between coats handling and moving
- clean painting equipment handling and moving
- prepare surface for painting handling and moving
- remove paint constructing
- snap chalk line handling and moving
- paint surfaces constructing
- protect surfaces during construction work constructing
- types of paint natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- dispose of non-hazardous waste handling and moving
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a construction painter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- construction painting supervisor 80% covered · difficulty 26.7
- paperhanger 61% covered · difficulty 43.2
- plasterer 56% covered · difficulty 49.2
- carpenter 53% covered · difficulty 51.6
- ceiling installer 50% covered · difficulty 54.5
- plumber 50% covered · difficulty 54.6
- road marker 48% covered · difficulty 56.5
- steeplejack 33% covered · difficulty 69.5
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Construction painter is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a construction painter’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.