Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

spot welder 61% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 52% covered riveter 52% covered rustproofer 52% covered boilermaker 49% covered solderer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from solderer. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a solderer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.