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Where a surface treatment operator can go next

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

Surface treatment operators apply chemicals and paint to the material surface in order to protect against corrosion. They calculate the materials needed for surface protection.

Highest coverage recorded: 58%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 4difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 64required 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.

coating machine operator 48% covered · difficulty 56.9

Index

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surface treatment 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 surface treatment 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.