Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a solderer can go next

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

Solderers operate various equipment and machinery such as gas torches, soldering irons, welding machines, or electric-ultrasonic equipment in order to solder together two or more items (usually metals), by melting and forming a metal filler in between the joints, the filler metal has a lower melting point than the adjoining metal.

Also known as butt solderer, ultrasonic metal solderer, flash solderer, sheet-metal solderer, electric arc solderer, solderer-fitter, soldering fabricator, resistance solderer, electric spot solderer, solder-fabricator, fitter-solderer, sheet metal solderer.

Craft and related trades workers 46 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: spot welder, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
spot welder 61% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 52% covered riveter 52% covered rustproofer 52% covered boilermaker 49% covered solderer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from solderer, 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 solderer 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 solderer needs 17 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 flux handling and moving
  • torch temperature for metal processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • select filler metal constructing
  • prepare pieces for joining handling and moving
  • ensure correct metal temperature working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • spot metal imperfections information skills
  • apply precision metalworking techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply soldering techniques constructing
  • operate soldering equipment constructing
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Solderer 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 solderer’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.