Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an electrical cable assembler can go next

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

Electrical cable assembler manipulate cables and wires made of steel, copper, or aluminium so they can be used to conduct electricity in a variety of appliances.

Also known as cable and wire assembler, assembler of electrical cables, wire assembler, electrical cable fabricator, wire and cable assembler, cable wiring operative, assembler of electrical cable, cabling technician, cable assembler.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: wire harness assembler, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wire harness assembler 79% covered electrical equipment assembler 64% covered control panel assembler 60% covered fibre optic installer 48% covered battery assembler 46% covered electrical cable assembler You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from electrical cable assembler, 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 an electrical cable assembler 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

An electrical cable assembler 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
  • cut wires handling and moving
  • crimp wire working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • bind wire handling and moving
  • seal wires working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • strip wire handling and moving
  • use electrical wire tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • connect armature windings handling and moving
  • manufacture of electrical wire products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • organise wires handling and moving
  • attach power cords to electric module handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an electrical cable assembler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Electrical cable assembler is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an electrical cable assembler’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.