Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a steeplejack can go next

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

Steeplejacks are specialised heightworkers who safely scale the outside of buildings and structures to perform critical work.

Also known as MWEP operator, rope access steeplejack, suspended platform driver, heightworker, rope access technician.

Craft and related trades workers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: construction scaffolder, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
construction scaffolder 42% covered rigger 34% covered road marker 34% covered construction painter 33% covered tower crane operator 32% covered steeplejack You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from steeplejack, 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 steeplejack already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A steeplejack needs 13 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
  • climbing equipment services
  • inspect climbing equipment information skills
  • spot other climbers assisting and caring
  • work from suspended access cradle working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • handle equipment while suspended handling and moving
  • construct working platform constructing
  • build scaffolding constructing
  • inspect construction supplies information skills
  • work in a construction team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use safety equipment in construction assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Steeplejack 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 steeplejack’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.