Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine painter can go next

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

Marine painters work in the shipbuilding industry and are responsible for completing the blasting, painting, hull washing and cleaning, scraping and protection jobs of all varieties as assigned by supervisors. They follow set guidelines, processes and procedures to ensure successful completion of work.

Also known as ship painter, boat painter, marine blaster, naval painter, maritime painter.

Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: transport equipment painter, 43%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
transport equipment painter 43% covered paint mixer 28% covered lacquer spray gun operator 24% covered furniture finisher 23% covered road marker 23% covered marine painter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine painter, 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 painter 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 marine painter needs 26 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
  • apply primer constructing
  • operate maritime lifting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare paint ingredients handling and moving
  • apply colour coats constructing
  • check paint consistency information skills
  • inspect paint quality information skills
  • install ventilation equipment constructing
  • lacquer paint applications engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • clean painting equipment handling and moving
  • use color matching techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Marine painter 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 painter’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.