Chimney sweep to tent installer
A chimney sweep already meets 23% of what the tent installer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
69.2/ 100
1 How much of what a tent installer is expected to do is already part of a chimney sweep’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the tent installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tent installer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a chimney sweep already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tent installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chimney sweep background worth leading with.
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights assisting and caring
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
- already held keep personal administration information skills
- already held work ergonomically assisting and caring
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the tent installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assemble performance equipment required
- still to learn work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision required
- still to learn work safely with machines required
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held operate telehandler optional
- still to learn prevent fire in a performance environment required
- still to learn work with respect for own safety required
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- still to learn organise resources for artistic production required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- optional, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production optional
- still to learn assemble tent constructions required
- still to learn store performance equipment required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tent installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble tent constructions practise this
- 02 assemble performance equipment practise this
- 03 prevent fire in a performance environment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held operate telehandler optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
28 held skills the tent installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on hazards of heating systems skill
- not needed by the target role advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- not needed by the target role carry out chimney pressure testing skill
- not needed by the target role check chimney's conditions skill
- not needed by the target role clean chimney skill
- not needed by the target role clean ventilation system skill
- not needed by the target role comply with schedule skill
- not needed by the target role create chimney inspection reports skill
- not needed by the target role dispose soot from the sweeping process skill
- not needed by the target role domestic heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role enforce safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role examine ventilation system skill
- not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role personal protective equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role protect surrounding area during chimney sweeping process skill
- not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
- not needed by the target role report chimney defects skill
- not needed by the target role roofing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role tend asbestos blower skill
- not needed by the target role use chimney sweeping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role ventilation systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in inclement conditions skill
- not needed by the target role work in outdoor conditions skill
Other moves recorded from chimney sweep
Common questions about this move
Can a chimney sweep become a tent installer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A chimney sweep already covers 23% of what a tent installer is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 3 of which the tent installer role treats as required.
What skills does a chimney sweep need to become a tent installer?
9 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is assemble tent constructions.
How hard is the move from chimney sweep to tent installer?
Its learning distance is 69.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.