Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a structural ironworker can go next

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

Structural ironworker in construction install iron elements into structures. They erect steel frameworks for buildings, bridges and other construction projects. They set metal rods, or rebar, to form reinforced concrete.

Also known as structural steel fitters, steel fitters, structural iron and steel worker, structural steel erector, rebar workers, steel erector.

Craft and related trades workers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: sheet metal worker, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sheet metal worker 76% covered structural ironwork supervisor 67% covered rigger 54% covered construction scaffolder 49% covered tower crane operator 47% covered structural ironworker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from structural ironworker, 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 structural ironworker 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 structural ironworker needs 22 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
  • set up reinforcing steel constructing
  • tie reinforcing steel constructing
  • remove rust from motor vehicles handling and moving
  • metal thermal conductivity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate rust proofing spray gun constructing
  • tend metal sawing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply spot welding techniques constructing
  • types of sawing blades engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply arc welding techniques constructing
  • operate handheld riveting equipment handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Structural ironworker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a structural ironworker’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.