Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine fitter can go next

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

Marine fitters work primarily in fabrication, subassembly, assembly and final assembly of all structural components on commercial and naval vessels, to include but not limited to hulls, superstructures, masts, pilot house, and engine rooms.

Also known as naval vessels fitter, maritime fitter, shipfitter, naval fitter, ship fitter.

Craft and related trades workers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: metal products assembler, 57%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal products assembler 57% covered motor vehicle body assembler 39% covered aircraft assembler 34% covered motor vehicle upholsterer 32% covered rotating equipment mechanic 31% covered marine fitter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine fitter, 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 marine fitter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A marine fitter needs 23 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
  • comply with operational standards for vessels assisting and caring
  • use caulking tools handling and moving
  • operate material handling equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate metal fabricating machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • fabricate metal parts working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tend lathe working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • work as a team in a hazardous environment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • marine technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • metal joining technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Marine fitter 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 marine fitter’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.