Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a wood caulker can go next

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

Wood caulkers drive oakum into the seams between planking in deck or hull of wooden ships to make them watertight. They mainly use hand tools to heat marine glue and force it into the seams. They can also hammer hemp ropes and cotton lines into the seams and smear hot pitch over them.

Elementary occupations 22 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: fiberglass laminator, 27%

fiberglass laminator 27% covered motor vehicle upholsterer 20% covered wood caulker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 2 nearest destinations from wood caulker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wood caulker already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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wood caulker is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a wood caulker 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.