Where an insulation worker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an insulation worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Insulation workers install a variety of insulation materials to shield a structure or materials from heat, cold, and noise from the environment.
Also known as lagger, insulation installation worker, energy saving materials installer, insulator, cavity insulation installer, loft insulation installer.
Craft and related trades workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: window installer, 70%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An insulation worker needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- install insulation blocks constructing
- apply house wrap constructing
- airtight construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
- cut insulation material to size handling and moving
- environmental indoor quality engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply adhesive wall coating constructing
- types of insulation material engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply insulation strips constructing
- apply proofing membranes constructing
- install construction profiles constructing
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an insulation worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- window installer 71% covered · difficulty 36.8
- door installer 61% covered · difficulty 45.9
- plasterer 60% covered · difficulty 46.6
- roofer 56% covered · difficulty 51.3
- carpenter 55% covered · difficulty 52
- bricklayer 55% covered · difficulty 52.3
- plate glass installer 55% covered · difficulty 52.3
- insulation supervisor 51% covered · difficulty 54.5
- carpet fitter 47% covered · difficulty 59.5
- resilient floor layer 47% covered · difficulty 59.2
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Insulation worker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an insulation worker’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.