Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a gunsmith can go next

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

Gunsmiths modify and repair metal fabricated firearms for special costumer specifications. They use machines and hand tools such as planers, grinders and millers to alter and restore guns, and they may also apply engravings, carvings and other decorative finishing touches to the otherwise finished product.

Also known as custom rifle designer, metal worker, custom gun designer, pistol smith, pistol-smith, custom gun builder, gun maker, rifle engraver, firearm constructor, gun-smith, firearm builder, gun engraver.

Craft and related trades workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: consumer electronics repair technician, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
consumer electronics repair t… 51% covered bicycle mechanic 50% covered household appliances repair t… 47% covered office equipment repair techn… 43% covered computer hardware repair tech… 39% covered gunsmith You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from gunsmith, 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 gunsmith 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 gunsmith needs 19 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
  • accurise guns handling and moving
  • apply bluing techniques handling and moving
  • assemble guns handling and moving
  • customise guns handling and moving
  • repair firearms handling and moving
  • restore old guns handling and moving
  • instruct customers on ammunition's usage communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use firearms assisting and caring
  • precision engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • precision mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Gunsmith 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 gunsmith’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.