Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a sheet metal worker can go next

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

Sheet metal workers in construction use sheet metal to construct roofs, ducts for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, gutters and other metal structures. They read plans and determine the type and amount of materials to be used, then measure, bend, cut, shape, and attach pieces of sheet metal to create the required structure.

Also known as duct fabricator, sheet metal fabricator, roofing fabricator, sheet-metal worker, construction fabricator, fabricator/welder.

Craft and related trades workers 50 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: structural ironworker, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
structural ironworker 77% covered structural ironwork supervisor 49% covered construction scaffolder 48% covered rigger 47% covered tower crane operator 44% covered sheet metal worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sheet metal worker, 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 sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker needs 20 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
  • clip sheet metal objects together handling and moving
  • use sheet metal shears handling and moving
  • use metalworking tools handling and moving
  • metal thermal conductivity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • tend metal sawing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply spot welding techniques constructing
  • apply arc welding techniques constructing
  • operate handheld riveting equipment handling and moving
  • rivet types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • 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 sheet metal worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker’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.