Building Frame and Related Trades Workers Not Elsewhere Classified: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Building Frame and Related Trades Workers Not Elsewhere Classified is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 7119) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Building wrecker
  • Prefabricated building assembler
  • Scaffolder
  • Skilled demolition worker
  • Steeplejack
11European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
1,116open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
7119ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 11 European countries reported a shortage of building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Romania and Sweden. 4 reported a surplus: Austria, Finland, Greece and Sweden. Sweden appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

931 open ads
  • Scaffolder
    German title: Gerüstbauer
    MARO Gerüstbau GmbH · Umpferstedt · Posted 2026-10-15
  • Scaffolder
    German title: Gerüstbauer
    Franz Paul Gerüstbau · Westerheim bei Memmingen · Posted 2026-10-14
  • Scaffolder
    German title: Gerüstbauer
    Wessendorf Gerüstbau GmbH · Emstek · Posted 2026-10-02
  • Scaffolder
    German title: Gerüstbauer
    LOKISA Projekt GmbH · Langenfeld (Rheinland) · Posted 2026-09-23
  • Scaffolder
    German title: Gerüstbauer
    ProSolarTec GmbH ehem.LSME · Langenfeld (Rheinland) · Posted 2026-09-22
  • Scaffolder
    German title: Gerüstbauer
    Uta Gerüstbau Inh. P. T. Metzger · Bingen am Rhein · Posted 2026-09-22

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

185 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all craft and related trades workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BelgiumShortageNot yet verifiedBrussels: €1,150
BulgariaShortage€683 a monthSofia: €650
CzechiaShortage€1,370 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortage€4,885 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
GermanyShortage€3,095 a monthBerlin: €1,350
HungaryShortage€1,088 a month *Budapest: €910
LithuaniaShortage€1,444 a monthVilnius: €830
NetherlandsShortage€3,145 a monthNot yet verified
NorwayShortage€4,565 a monthOslo: €2,000
RomaniaShortage€969 a month *Not yet verified
SwedenShortage and surplus€3,464 a month *Stockholm: €2,100
AustriaSurplus€3,048 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€3,362 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GreeceSurplus€1,475 a month *Athens: €1,150

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all craft and related trades workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified do

This unit group covers building frame and related trades workers not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 711: Building Frame and Related Trades Workers. For instance, the unit group includes steeplejacks, scaffolders and demolition workers.

Typical tasks

  • In such cases tasks would include -
  • Climbing and performing miscellaneous construction and building maintenance work on tall structures such as towers, chimneys and spires
  • Erecting temporary metal or wooden scaffolding on building sites
  • Demolishing buildings and other structures

Finding building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Scaffolder".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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