Where a resilient floor layer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a resilient floor layer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Resilient floor layers place prefabricated tiles or rolls of flooring materials such as linoleum, vinyl, rubber or cork to serve as floor covering.
Also known as laminate floor installer, resilient flooring installer, linoleum installer, resilient floor installer, floor layer (resilient), linoleum layer, vinyl floor installer, layer of resilient floor, vinyl tile installer.
Craft and related trades workers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: carpet fitter, 70%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A resilient floor layer needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- apply floor adhesive constructing
- cut resilient flooring materials handling and moving
- install laminate floor constructing
- lay resilient flooring tiles constructing
- lay underlayment constructing
- prepare floor for underlayment constructing
- create floor plan template handling and moving
- mix construction grouts handling and moving
- transport construction supplies handling and moving
- interpret 2D plans information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a resilient floor layer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- carpet fitter 74% covered · difficulty 29.7
- hardwood floor layer 61% covered · difficulty 42.3
- plasterer 60% covered · difficulty 43.8
- bricklayer 55% covered · difficulty 48.4
- tile fitter 55% covered · difficulty 48.5
- roofer 54% covered · difficulty 50
- stonemason 53% covered · difficulty 49.9
- carpenter 52% covered · difficulty 51.2
- window installer 52% covered · difficulty 51.2
- plumber 50% covered · difficulty 52.7
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Resilient floor layer 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 a resilient floor layer’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.