From welder to solderer
12 of the 17 essential skills of a solderer are already essential for a welder — about 71% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 5
- would be new
- 71%
- of the target job covered
- 17
- essential skills of a solderer
What a solderer does
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.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
5 skillsEssential for a solderer and not for a welder. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from welder
2 roles- boilermaker14 skills in common
- brazier13 skills in common
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How far are you from being a solderer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.