Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a fibre optic installer can go next

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

Fibre optic installers carry out the installation of optical fibre and are responsible for all the tasks required to assemble the cabling system: soldering, splicing, connecting and troubleshooting. Moreover, they design and test the whole installation and provide maintenance guidelines to customers.

Craft and related trades workers 25 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: electrical cable assembler, 24%

electrical cable assembler 24% covered wire harness assembler 23% covered avionics technician 20% covered electric meter technician 20% covered electrical equipment assembler 19% covered fibre optic installer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from fibre optic installer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a fibre optic installer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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fibre optic installer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a fibre optic installer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.