Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a metalworking lathe operator can go next

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

Metalworking lathe operators set up and tend a metalworking lathe manually, which is responsible for cutting metal to its desired size and shape by usage of a gear train or a swapping gear that propels the main lead-screw at a variable speed ratio, thus rotating the metal workpiece on its axis, facilitating the cutting process. They check the lathe equipment for wear and handle the metal workpieces as they have been cut by the lathe.

Highest coverage recorded
75%
Destinations
5each with a full record
Within reach
5difficulty under 55
Skills on file
45required or supplementary
Table 1
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metalworking lathe operator 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 metalworking lathe 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.