Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a harpsichord maker can go next

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

Harpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument.

Also known as harpsicord quality inspector, harpsicord inspector, harpsicord tester, harpsicord builder, harpsicord technician, harpsicord craftsman, harpsicord craftswoman, harpsicord quality tester.

Craft and related trades workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: membranophone musical instruments maker, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
organ builder 80% covered membranophone musical instrum… 80% covered stringed musical instrument m… 79% covered violin maker 79% covered wind musical instrument maker 78% covered harpsichord maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from harpsichord maker, 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 harpsichord maker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A harpsichord maker 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
  • produce harpsichord components handling and moving
  • tune keyboard music instruments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • make bowstrings handling and moving
  • tuning techniques arts and humanities
  • woodturning engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • assemble musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • create musical instrument parts handling and moving
  • musical instruments materials arts and humanities
  • restore musical instruments handling and moving
  • decorate musical instruments communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Harpsichord maker 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 harpsichord maker’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.