stonemasontoresilient floor layer
A stonemason already meets 53% of what the resilient floor layer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
53%
49.9/ 100
1 Share of the resilient floor layer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stonemason 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 resilient floor layer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a stonemason already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- inspect construction supplies
- interpret 2D plans
- interpret 3D plans
- mix construction grouts
- transport construction supplies
What stands in the way is 7 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A resilient floor layer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stonemason background worth leading with.
- already held mix construction grouts handling and moving
- already held advise on construction materials communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held transport construction supplies handling and moving
- already held order construction supplies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held calculate needs for construction supplies information skills
- already held interpret 2D plans information skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 8 the resilient floor layer 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 apply floor adhesive required
- required, not held install laminate floor required
- required, not held lay resilient flooring tiles required
- required, not held lay underlayment required
- required, not held prepare floor for underlayment required
- optional, not held install construction profiles optional
- optional, not held seal flooring optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held install insulation material optional
- required, not held create floor plan template required
- required, not held cut resilient flooring materials required
- optional, not held use sander optional
- optional, not held work safely with chemicals optional
- optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
- optional, not held operate wood sawing equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a resilient floor layer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply floor adhesive skill · sector specific
- 02 create floor plan template skill · sector specific
- 03 cut resilient flooring materials 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held interpret 2D plans skill
- already held interpret 3D plans skill
- already held mix construction grouts skill
- already held transport construction supplies skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held advise on construction materials skill
- already held answer requests for quotation skill
- already held calculate needs for construction supplies skill
- already held keep personal administration 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 work in a construction team skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
- optional, not held install construction profiles optional
- optional, not held seal flooring optional
- optional, not held use sander optional
- optional, not held work safely with chemicals optional
- optional, not held apply proofing membranes optional
- optional, not held install insulation material optional
- optional, not held operate wood sawing equipment optional
32 held skills the resilient floor layer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply restoration techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
- not needed by the target role build scaffolding skill
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role create cutting plan skill
- not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
- not needed by the target role finish mortar joints skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role inspect stone surface skill
- not needed by the target role lay stones skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role mark stone workpieces skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role operate grinding hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role pack stone products skill
- not needed by the target role polish stone by hand skill
- not needed by the target role polish stone surfaces skill
- not needed by the target role prepare stone for smoothing skill
- not needed by the target role program a CNC controller skill
- not needed by the target role regulate cutting speed skill
- not needed by the target role rig loads skill
- not needed by the target role secure working area skill
- not needed by the target role set up temporary construction site infrastructure skill
- not needed by the target role sharpen edged tools skill
- not needed by the target role sort waste skill
- not needed by the target role tend stone splitting machine skill
- not needed by the target role types of stone for working knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pneumatic chisel skill
- not needed by the target role use safety equipment in construction skill
- not needed by the target role use stone splitting techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use stonemason's chisel skill
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.