Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a window installer can go next

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

Window installers place windows into structures and service them. They take out old windows if present, prepare the opening, mount the window, and attach it in place plumb, straight, square and watertight.

Also known as window technician, window fitter, window installation team worker, window installation team member.

Craft and related trades workers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: insulation worker, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
insulation worker 71% covered plate glass installer 58% covered resilient floor layer 52% covered carpet fitter 51% covered ceiling installer 50% covered window installer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from window installer, 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 window installer 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 window installer needs 15 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
  • cut house wrap handling and moving
  • cut insulation material to size handling and moving
  • install sill pan constructing
  • use shims handling and moving
  • apply insulation strips constructing
  • apply spray foam insulation constructing
  • set window constructing
  • manipulate glass handling and moving
  • apply proofing membranes constructing
  • transport construction supplies handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Window installer 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 window installer’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.