Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

sheet metal workertostructural ironworker

A sheet metal worker already meets 77% of what the structural ironworker role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sheet metal worker
77%
Overlap1
To structural ironworker
35 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
29.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 29.4

This move: 29.4 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the structural ironworker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sheet metal worker 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A structural ironworker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sheet metal worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held remove rust from motor vehicles handling and moving
  • already held operate oxy-fuel cutting torch working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held metal thermal conductivity engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held operate manual planer handling and moving
  • already held operate rust proofing spray gun constructing
  • already held tend metal sawing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 35 carried skills, including the 18 the structural ironworker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 constructing 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held set up reinforcing steel required
  • required, not held tie reinforcing steel required
  • optional, not held apply thermite welding techniques optional
  • optional, not held set window optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held types of sawing blades required
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held spot metal imperfections required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held guide cranes optional
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held tend metal planer optional
  • optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
05 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held manipulate glass optional
  • optional, not held prepare pieces for joining optional
  • optional, not held rig loads optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a structural ironworker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 35 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held align components skill
  • already held apply arc welding techniques skill
  • already held apply spot welding techniques skill
  • already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • already held inspect construction supplies skill
  • already held interpret 2D plans skill
  • already held interpret 3D plans skill
  • already held metal joining technologies knowledge
  • already held metal thermal conductivity knowledge
  • already held operate handheld riveting equipment skill
  • already held operate rust proofing spray gun skill
  • already held remove rust from motor vehicles skill
  • already held rivet types knowledge
  • already held tend metal sawing machine skill
  • already held types of metal knowledge
  • already held use safety equipment in construction skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held apply brazing techniques skill
  • already held cutting technologies knowledge
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held metal smoothing technologies knowledge
  • already held monitor automated machines skill
  • already held operate manual planer skill
  • already held operate oxy-fuel cutting torch skill
  • already held operate soldering equipment skill
  • already held process incoming construction supplies skill
  • already held program a CNC controller skill
  • already held recognise signs of corrosion skill
  • already held replace defect components skill
  • already held set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
  • already held transport construction supplies skill
  • already held work in a construction team skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply thermite welding techniques optional
  • optional, not held guide cranes optional
  • optional, not held guide operation of heavy construction equipment optional
  • optional, not held manipulate glass optional
  • optional, not held prepare pieces for joining optional
  • optional, not held rig loads optional
  • optional, not held set window optional
  • optional, not held tend metal planer optional
  • optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
15 held skills the structural ironworker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role anchor sheet metal skill
  • not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clip sheet metal objects together skill
  • not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechatronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain robotic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mark a metal workpiece skill
  • not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate automated process control skill
  • not needed by the target role robotics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role shape sheet metal objects skill
  • not needed by the target role tend punch press skill
  • not needed by the target role use metalworking tools skill
  • not needed by the target role use sheet metal shears skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held types of sawing blades required
Index

Other moves recorded from sheet metal worker

Full index of moves from sheet metal worker

Note

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.