Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a handyperson can go next

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

Handyperson performs various maintenance and repair activities for buildings, grounds and other facilities. They repair and renovate structures and components, fences, gates and roofs, assemble furniture and perform plumbing and electrical activities. They check heating and ventilation systems, air quality and humidity in the building.

Also known as handywoman, building handyperson, building handyman, building maintainer, building supervisor, building maintenance technician, building superintendent, building handywoman, handyman.

Elementary occupations 49 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: chimney sweep, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chimney sweep 28% covered chimney sweep supervisor 21% covered fireplace installer 19% covered refrigeration air condition a… 16% covered handyperson You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from handyperson, 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 handyperson already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A handyperson 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
  • calculate costs of repair operations information skills
  • carpentry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • read technical datasheet information skills
  • use traditional toolbox tools handling and moving
  • building construction principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • ventilation systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • domestic heating systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • fire safety regulations services
  • use power tools handling and moving
  • maintain records of maintenance interventions information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Handyperson is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 handyperson’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.