Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an electrician can go next

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

Electricians fit and repair electrical circuits and wiring systems. They also install and maintain electrical equipment and machinery. This work can be performed indoors as well as outdoors, in nearly every type of facility.

Also known as wirewoman, installation electrician, maintenance electrician, electrical maintenance technician, electrical systems installer, electrical installer, electrical services installer, electrical worker, electrical maintenance worker, wireman, large solar systems electrician.

Craft and related trades workers 55 skills on file 12 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: domestic electrician, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
domestic electrician 75% covered electrical supervisor 58% covered security alarm technician 47% covered electrical mechanic 46% covered avionics technician 37% covered rolling stock electrician 37% covered electrician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from electrician, 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 electrician already covers. All 12 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 electrician 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.

Required skill Area
  • bind wire handling and moving
  • install lightning protection system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install electricity sockets working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • install electric switches working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • building systems monitoring technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • splice cable working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • test electrical equipment constructing
  • electrical testing methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect electrical supplies constructing
  • install electrical and electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Electrician 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 an electrician’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.