Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from hardwood floor layer. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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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.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a hardwood floor layer 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.