Where a construction scaffolder can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a construction scaffolder already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Construction scaffolders put up scaffolds and platforms in order to make safe construction work at heights possible.
Also known as scaffolding labourer, platform erector, scaffold erector, access platform erector, scaffolder in construction, site scaffolder, access platform labourer, scaffolder (construction).
Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: construction scaffolding supervisor, 57%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A construction scaffolder needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- position base plates handling and moving
- position sole plates handling and moving
- dismantle scaffolding constructing
- position guardrails and toeboards handling and moving
- construct working platform constructing
- scaffolding components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- recognise signs of wood rot information skills
- build scaffolding constructing
- recognise signs of corrosion information skills
- interpret 2D plans information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a construction scaffolder does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- construction painter 56% covered · difficulty 45
- roofer 56% covered · difficulty 45.2
- plate glass installer 54% covered · difficulty 47.5
- stonemason 54% covered · difficulty 47.5
- carpenter 52% covered · difficulty 48.8
- structural ironworker 49% covered · difficulty 51.3
- sheet metal worker 48% covered · difficulty 52.6
- steeplejack 42% covered · difficulty 58.3
- road sign installer 40% covered · difficulty 59.2
- construction commercial diver 31% covered · difficulty 66.7
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Construction scaffolder 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 scaffolder’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.