Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a laser beam welder can go next

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

Laser beam welders set up and tend laser beam welding machines designed to join separate metal workpieces together through the use of a laser beam radiating a concentrated heat source that allows for precise welding.

Craft and related trades workers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: spot welder, 77%

spot welder 77% covered punch press operator 73% covered metal sawing machine operator 73% covered metal rolling mill operator 72% covered plasma cutting machine operat… 72% covered laser beam welder You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from laser beam welder. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a laser beam welder 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

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laser beam welder is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a laser beam welder 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.