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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.

Also known as wooden hull caulker, wooden ship caulker, wooden boat caulker.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 2 nearest destinations from wood caulker, 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 wood caulker already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A wood caulker needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

traditional wood caulking materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
wood caulking processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
calculate materials to build equipment information skills
ensure integrity of hull assisting and caring
handle chemicals handling and moving
ensure vessel compliance with regulations assisting and caring
clean equipment handling and moving
types of wood engineering, manufacturing and construction
apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
wear appropriate protective gear assisting and caring

Index

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wood caulker’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.