Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a tile fitter can go next

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

Tile fitters install tiles onto walls and floors. They cut tiles to the right size and shape, prepare the surface, and put the tiles in place flush and straight. Tile fitters may also take on creative and artistic projects, with some laying mosaics.

Also known as tiler, marble setter, floor tiler, tilefitter, surface tiler, tilesetter, mosaic tiler, tile installer, wall tiler, tiling worker.

Craft and related trades workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: tiling supervisor, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tiling supervisor 67% covered resilient floor layer 55% covered ceiling installer 55% covered paperhanger 54% covered carpet fitter 53% covered tile fitter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from tile fitter, 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 tile fitter 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 tile fitter 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 tile adhesive constructing
  • caulk expansion joints constructing
  • fill tile joints constructing
  • plan tiling constructing
  • types of tile adhesive engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cut tiles handling and moving
  • lay tiles constructing
  • types of tile constructing
  • snap chalk line handling and moving
  • mix construction grouts handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Tile fitter 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 tile fitter’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.