Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hardwood floor layer can go next

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

Hardwood floor layers install floors made of solid wood. They prepare the surface, cut parquet or board elements to size, and lay them in a predetermined pattern, straight and flush.

Also known as timber floor layer, installer of harwood floors, parquet floor installer, wood floor layer, parquet floor layer, hardwood floor installer.

Craft and related trades workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: resilient floor layer, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
resilient floor layer 61% covered carpet fitter 59% covered staircase installer 56% covered carpenter 53% covered carpenter supervisor 49% covered hardwood floor layer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hardwood floor layer, 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 hardwood floor layer 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 hardwood floor layer needs 22 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
  • fill nail holes in wood planks constructing
  • pin parquet constructing
  • wax wood surfaces constructing
  • lacquer wood surfaces constructing
  • lay underlayment constructing
  • prepare surface for hardwood floor laying constructing
  • create floor plan template handling and moving
  • identify wood warp information skills
  • install wood elements in structures constructing
  • monitor processing environment conditions information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Hardwood floor layer 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 hardwood floor layer’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.