Where a lathe and turning machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a lathe and turning machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Lathe and turning machine operators set up, program and tend lathe and turning machines designed to cut excess metal from a metal workpiece using a hardened cutting tool moved by computer-controlled motors. They read lathe and turning machine blueprints and tooling instructions, perform regular machine maintenance, and make adjustments to the lathe controls, such as the depth of cuts and the rotation speed.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 79%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 5difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 61required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
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lathe and turning machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a lathe and turning machine operator 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.