Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a door installer can go next

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

Door installers set doors in place. They remove the old door if present, prepare the frame opening, and set the new door in place square, straight, plumb, and watertight if called for. Door installers also inspect and service existing doors.

Also known as door fitter, door joiner and fitter, door installation specialist, door installation worker, door furniture fitter, door fitting specialist, door refurbishment team member, replacement door installer, door refurbishment team worker, door carpenter and joiner, door hanger.

Craft and related trades workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: window installer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
window installer 79% covered insulation worker 61% covered resilient floor layer 47% covered carpet fitter 46% covered road sign installer 45% covered door installer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from door installer, 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 door installer 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 door installer needs 14 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 locks constructing
  • cut house wrap handling and moving
  • fit doors constructing
  • cut insulation material to size handling and moving
  • use shims handling and moving
  • apply insulation strips constructing
  • apply spray foam insulation constructing
  • manipulate glass handling and moving
  • apply proofing membranes constructing
  • inspect construction supplies information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Door installer 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 door installer’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.