Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a house builder can go next

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

House builders construct, maintain and repair houses or similar small buildings using a range of techniques and materials of several construction building workers.

Craft and related trades workers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: roofer, 45%

roofer 45% covered roofing supervisor 40% covered construction general supervis… 34% covered resilient floor layer 34% covered insulation supervisor 33% covered house builder You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from house builder. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a house builder 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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house builder 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 house builder 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.