Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a welder can go next

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

Welders operate welding equipment in order to join metal workpieces together. They can use fusion welding processes based on different techniques and materials. They also perform simple visual inspection of welds.

Also known as fitter, repair and maintenance technician, gas welder, oxyacetylene welder, repair fitter, naval welder, steel welder, maintenance technician, arc welder, aircraft welder, naval metalworker, construction welder.

Craft and related trades workers 86 skills on file 12 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: boilermaker, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
boilermaker 80% covered spot welder 66% covered oxy fuel burning machine oper… 56% covered riveter 54% covered sheet metal worker 52% covered abrasive blasting operator 51% covered welder You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from welder, 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 welder already covers. All 12 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 welder needs 36 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
  • shape sheet metal objects handling and moving
  • weld in hyperbaric conditions constructing
  • repair metal sheets handling and moving
  • operate oxy-fuel welding torch constructing
  • perform tungsten inert gas welding constructing
  • torch temperature for metal processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • handle fuels handling and moving
  • perform metal active gas welding constructing
  • perform metal inert gas welding constructing
  • flammable fluids engineering, manufacturing and construction
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Welder 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 welder’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.