Types of insulation material

Description

Various types of insulation material and their usage cases, advantages, risks and costs.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 2 occupations
  • Optional in 3 occupations
  • Total: 5 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)

Essential for

  • Insulation supervisor
    An insulation supervisor is a professional responsible for overseeing insulation projects and ensuring the proper installation and maintenance of insulation materials in buildings …
  • Insulation worker
    Insulation workers install a variety of insulation materials to shield a structure or materials from heat, cold, and noise from the environment. Duties Insulation workers typically…

Optional for

  • Door installer
    Door installers set doors in place. They remove the old door if present, prepare the frame opening, and set the new door in place square, straight, plumb, and watertight…
  • Window installer
    Window installers place windows into structures and service them. They take out old windows if present, prepare the opening, mount the window, and attach it in place plumb, straigh…
  • Manufactured wooden building assembler
    Manufactured wooden building assemblers put together wooden elements for use in construction. The elements, or modules, may consist of walls with windows and doors built-in, or may…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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