Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a plate glass installer can go next

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

Plate glass installers fit panes of glass into windows and other structural elements like glass doors, walls, façades and other structures.

Also known as glazing installer, glazier, plate glass window installer, glass pane installer, glass installer, plate glass fitter.

Craft and related trades workers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: window installer, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
window installer 73% covered glass installation supervisor 60% covered door installer 60% covered insulation worker 55% covered construction scaffolder 54% covered plate glass installer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from plate glass installer, 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 plate glass installer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A plate glass installer 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.

Required skill Area
  • install glass frames constructing
  • remove glass from windows constructing
  • install frameless glass constructing
  • rinse glass handling and moving
  • adjust glass sheets working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use shims handling and moving
  • handle broken glass sheets handling and moving
  • inspect glass sheet information skills
  • smooth glass edges handling and moving
  • smooth glass surface handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Plate glass installer 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a plate glass installer’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.