Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a roofer can go next

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

Roofers cover structures with roofs. They install the weight-bearing elements of a roof, either flat or pitched, then cover it with a weatherproof layer.

Also known as asphalt roofer, house roofer, felt roofer, tinsmith, roof slater, roofing carpenter, roof tiler, cladding installer.

Craft and related trades workers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: roofing supervisor, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
roofing supervisor 69% covered construction scaffolder 56% covered insulation worker 56% covered carpet fitter 54% covered resilient floor layer 54% covered roofer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from roofer, 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 roofer 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 roofer 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
  • install gutters constructing
  • install roof flashing constructing
  • perform roof maintenance constructing
  • prepare roofing materials handling and moving
  • remove roofs constructing
  • apply roll roofing constructing
  • lay interlocking roof tiles constructing
  • inspect roofs information skills
  • roofing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • construct wood roofs constructing
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Roofer 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 roofer’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.