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Where a fitter and turner can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fitter and turner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Fitters and turners use machine tools to create and modify metal parts according to set specifications in order to fit components for machinery. They ensure the finished components are ready for assembly.

Highest coverage recorded: 63%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 2difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 31required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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fitter and turner is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a fitter and turner already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.