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Where a sheet metal worker can go next

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

Sheet metal workers in construction use sheet metal to construct roofs, ducts for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, gutters and other metal structures. They read plans and determine the type and amount of materials to be used, then measure, bend, cut, shape, and attach pieces of sheet metal to create the required structure.

Highest coverage recorded: 77%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 4difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 50required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

structural ironwork supervisor 49% covered · difficulty 58.6

Index

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sheet metal worker 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sheet metal worker 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.