Occupation Atlasdemolition worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/dd89e26f-bb5c-45cb-91c6-8b4d5d82a31f
demolition worker
Demolition workers operate equipment to demolish structures. They safely destroy buildings and remove the debris to permit the site to be used for a different purpose.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional3.61
- I Investigative2.68
- A Artistic1.38
- E Enterprising1.35
- S Social1.23
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Construction Laborers (47-2061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- demolish structures
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- drive mobile heavy construction equipment
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- keep heavy construction equipment in good condition
- mechanical tools
- operate heavy construction machinery without supervision
- operate jackhammer
- prevent damage to utility infrastructure
- react to events in time-critical environments
- recognise the hazards of dangerous goods
- secure working area
- transport construction supplies
- use safety equipment in construction
- work ergonomically
- work in a construction team
Optional (21)
- asbestos removal regulations
- decontamination techniques
- demolition techniques
- dispose of hazardous waste
- excavation techniques
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- guide operation of heavy construction equipment
- keep personal administration
- keep records of work progress
- operate excavator
- operate laser cutting equipment
- operate oxygen cutting torch
- operate plasma cutting torch
- operate wrecking ball
- perform selective demolition
- radiation protection
- rig loads
- secure heavy construction equipment
- set up temporary construction site infrastructure
- sort waste
- tend asbestos blower
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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8 shared · 10 more of its ownkeep heavy construction equipment in good condition, secure working area, react to events in time-critical environments, transport construction supplies
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demolition supervisor
8 shared · 13 more of its ownrecognise the hazards of dangerous goods, drive mobile heavy construction equipment, prevent damage to utility infrastructure, react to events in time-critical environments
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