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

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from structural ironworker. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a structural ironworker 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.