Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

digester operatortopaper machine operator

A digester operator already meets 69% of what the paper machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digester operator
69%
Overlap1
To paper machine operator
25 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
37.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 37.3

This move: 37.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the paper machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digester 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A paper machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digester operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held tend bleacher working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held concentrate pulp slurry information skills
  • already held types of bleach natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held carry out waste water treatment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held monitor pulp quality information skills
  • already held types of pulp natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 25 carried skills, including the 11 the paper machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held operate headbox required
  • required, not held operate paper drying cylinders required
  • required, not held operate paper press required
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held check paper quality required
  • required, not held monitor paper reel required
  • optional, not held carry out work-related measurements optional
  • optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
03 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held apply paper coating required
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adjust cut sizes optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a paper machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held concentrate pulp slurry skill
  • already held monitor automated machines skill
  • already held monitor pulp quality skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held set up the controller of a machine skill
  • already held supply machine skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held types of paper knowledge
  • already held types of pulp knowledge
  • already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
  • already held work safely with machines skill
  • already held carry out waste water treatment skill
  • already held clean equipment skill
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • already held dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held monitor gauge skill
  • already held perform machine maintenance skill
  • already held prepare wood production reports skill
  • already held record production data for quality control skill
  • already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
  • already held tend bleacher skill
  • already held types of bleach knowledge
  • already held types of wood knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adjust cut sizes optional
  • optional, not held carry out work-related measurements optional
  • optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
12 held skills the paper machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role deinking processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role drive chipper truck skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor chemical process condition skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor chipper machine skill
  • not needed by the target role operate debarking machine skill
  • not needed by the target role operate digester machine skill
  • not needed by the target role operate wood chipper skill
  • not needed by the target role test paper production samples skill
  • not needed by the target role types of digesters knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use deinking chemicals skill
  • not needed by the target role wash fibres skill
Index

Other moves recorded from digester operator

Full index of moves from digester operator

Note

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.