glass installation supervisortoplate glass installer
A glass installation supervisor already meets 72% of what the plate glass installer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
34.2/ 100
1 Share of the plate glass installer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the glass installation supervisor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A plate glass installer role treats 16 of its required skills as things a glass installation supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adjust glass sheets
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- handle broken glass sheets
- inspect construction supplies
- inspect glass sheet
- install construction profiles
What stands in the way is 5 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 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A plate glass installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a glass installation supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held install glass frames constructing
- already held remove glass from windows constructing
- already held install structural glazing constructing
- already held install frameless glass constructing
- already held rinse glass handling and moving
- already held assemble insulating glazing units handling and moving
All 34 carried skills, including the 16 the plate glass installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held cut glass required
- required, not held transport construction supplies required
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
- optional, not held manage waste optional
- optional, not held pack fragile items for transportation optional
- required, not held interpret 2D plans required
- required, not held interpret 3D plans required
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- required, not held use measurement instruments required
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble windows optional
- optional, not held build scaffolding optional
- optional, not held install insulation material optional
- optional, not held set window optional
- optional, not held create architectural sketches optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a plate glass installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cut glass skill · sector specific
- 02 interpret 2D plans skill · sector specific
- 03 transport construction supplies skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 34 skills that carry over
- already held adjust glass sheets skill
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held handle broken glass sheets skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held inspect glass sheet skill
- already held install construction profiles skill
- already held install frameless glass skill
- already held install glass frames skill
- already held manipulate glass skill
- already held remove glass from windows skill
- already held rinse glass skill
- already held smooth glass edges skill
- already held smooth glass surface skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held use shims skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held apply insulation strips skill
- already held assemble insulating glazing units skill
- already held calculate needs for construction supplies skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held glass coatings knowledge
- already held install roof windows skill
- already held install sill pan skill
- already held install structural glazing skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held order construction supplies skill
- already held process incoming construction supplies skill
- already held rig loads skill
- already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
- already held types of glazing knowledge
- already held use squaring pole skill
- already held work in a construction team skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create architectural sketches optional
- optional, not held assemble windows optional
- optional, not held build scaffolding optional
- optional, not held install insulation material optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
- optional, not held manage waste optional
- optional, not held pack fragile items for transportation optional
- optional, not held set window optional
19 held skills the plate glass installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
- not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
- not needed by the target role check compatibility of materials skill
- not needed by the target role construction product regulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with construction project deadline skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use sander skill
Other moves recorded from glass installation supervisor
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.