RecordOccupation

Where a solderer can go next

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

Solderers operate various equipment and machinery such as gas torches, soldering irons, welding machines, or electric-ultrasonic equipment in order to solder together two or more items (usually metals), by melting and forming a metal filler in between the joints, the filler metal has a lower melting point than the adjoining metal.

Highest coverage recorded: 61%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 4difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 46required 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.

boilermaker 49% covered · difficulty 58.3

Index

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solderer 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 solderer 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.