Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

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.

Also known as builder of houses, builder, home builder, domestic property builder, residential property builder.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from house builder, 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 house builder already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A house builder needs 24 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
  • maintain construction structures constructing
  • perform roof maintenance constructing
  • design floor communication, collaboration and creativity
  • plan construction of houses communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare surface for hardwood floor laying constructing
  • seal flooring constructing
  • create floor plan template handling and moving
  • inspect roofs information skills
  • prepare building site communication, collaboration and creativity
  • roofing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a house builder’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.