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From solderer to spot welder

12 of the 19 essential skills of a spot welder are already essential for a solderer — about 63% 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
7
would be new
63%
of the target job covered
19
essential skills of a spot welder

What a spot welder does

Spot welders set up and tend spot welding machines designed to press and join metal workpieces together. The metal resistance to the passage of electrical current and the subsequent heat created in the process allows for the local melting and joining of the parts.

What would be new

7 skills

Essential for a spot welder and not for a solderer. 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 solderer

2 roles

soldererspot welderThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a spot welder?

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.