Where a dismantling worker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dismantling worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Dismantling workers perform the dismantling of industrial equipment, machinery and buildings as instructed by the team leader. They use heavy machinery and different power tools depending on the task. At all times safety regulations are taken into account.
Also known as disassembly worker.
Craft and related trades workers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: demolition worker, 69%
- 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 dismantling worker needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- inspect heavy underground mining machinery constructing
- operate jackhammer handling and moving
- prepare building site communication, collaboration and creativity
- construct working platform constructing
- use tools for construction and repair handling and moving
- transport dangerous goods handling and moving
- recognise the hazards of dangerous goods assisting and caring
- protect surfaces during construction work constructing
- secure heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate heavy construction machinery without supervision working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a dismantling worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Dismantling worker 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 dismantling worker’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.