Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as fibre optic technician, fibre optic splicer.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from fibre optic 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 fibre optic installer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A fibre optic installer needs 17 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
  • ensure compliance with maintenance legislation assisting and caring
  • soldering techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect cables constructing
  • fibre optics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • install power lines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • optomechanical components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • wire harnesses engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use wire hand tools handling and moving
  • rigging terminology services
  • install electronic communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fibre optic 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.