block machine operatortobrick and tile caster
A block machine operator already meets 24% of what the brick and tile caster role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 73.1 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the brick and tile caster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the block machine operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A brick and tile caster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a block machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held stack empty pallets working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held select mould types handling and moving
- already held clean mixer handling and moving
- already held stack goods handling and moving
- already held maintain moulds handling and moving
- already held write batch record documentation information skills
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the brick and tile caster role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held set up extrusion head required
- required, not held clean driers required
- required, not held mix moulding and casting material required
- required, not held ensure mould uniformity required
- required, not held fill moulds required
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held select material to process optional
- required, not held feed the clay mixing machine required
- required, not held cut clay required
- required, not held use measurement instruments required
- optional, not held operate brick oven optional
- required, not held maintain finishing units required
- required, not held control air flow required
- optional, not held maintain chain hoists optional
- required, not held inspect extruded products required
- optional, not held mill operations optional
- optional, not held milling machines optional
- optional, not held hydraulic press parts optional
- optional, not held types of pottery material optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a brick and tile caster role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 feed the clay mixing machine skill · occupation specific
- 02 maintain finishing units skill · occupation specific
- 03 set up extrusion head skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held maintain moulds skill
- already held measure materials skill
- already held select mould types skill
- already held clean mixer skill
- already held stack empty pallets skill
- already held stack goods skill
- already held write batch record documentation skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held optimise production processes parameters optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held maintain chain hoists optional
- optional, not held mill operations optional
- optional, not held milling machines optional
- optional, not held operate brick oven optional
- optional, not held types of pottery material optional
- optional, not held hydraulic press parts optional
- optional, not held optimise production processes parameters optional
- optional, not held select material to process optional
14 held skills the brick and tile caster role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role discharge cement skill
- not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role inspect supplied concrete skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate concrete casting machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate concrete mixer truck skill
- not needed by the target role operate cubing machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role perform machine maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role set up machine controls skill
- not needed by the target role tend hoist cement transfer equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use moulding techniques skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held mill operations optional
- optional, not held milling machines optional
- optional, not held types of pottery material optional
- optional, not held hydraulic press parts optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.