Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a transport equipment painter can go next

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

Transport equipment painters use painting machines and hand tools to coat individual parts and to paint the surface of all types of transport equipment such as cars, buses, boats, aircraft, motorcycles and railway cars. They prepare the surface of the pieces for the paint and apply the coat. Transport equipment painters can perform industrial painting or individual customisation. They may also remove or repair painting errors such as scratches.

Also known as vessel painter, automotive refinisher, automotive paint technician, motor vehicle painter, vehicle paint sprayer, railway carriage painter, truck painter, vehicle body painter, vehicle paint technician, truck refinisher, van refinisher, van painter.

Craft and related trades workers 70 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: marine painter, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
marine painter 70% covered paint mixer 44% covered bicycle assembler 43% covered vehicle maintenance attendant 43% covered furniture finisher 42% covered transport equipment paint… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from transport equipment painter, 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 transport equipment painter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A transport equipment painter needs 31 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
  • prepare vehicles for painting handling and moving
  • use drying equipment for vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor painting operations information skills
  • protect workpiece components from processing constructing
  • apply colour coats constructing
  • check paint consistency information skills
  • inspect paint quality information skills
  • mix paints for vehicles handling and moving
  • use paint safety equipment assisting and caring
  • fix minor vehicle scratches handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Transport equipment painter 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 transport equipment painter’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.