drilling machine operatortogrinding machine operator
A drilling machine operator already meets 75% of what the grinding machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
75%
33.8/ 100
1 Share of the grinding machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the drilling 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.
Why this move works
A grinding machine operator role treats 18 of its required skills as things a drilling machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAM software
- consult technical resources
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure equipment availability
- interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances
- monitor automated machines
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 49 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A grinding machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a drilling machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held trigonometry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held geometry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held procure mechanical machinery communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances information skills
- already held CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
All 49 carried skills, including the 18 the grinding machine operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 manufacturing processes required
- required, not held types of lubricants required
- optional, not held manufacturing of door furniture from metal optional
- optional, not held metal smoothing technologies optional
- required, not held use automatic programming required
- required, not held set up the controller of a machine required
- optional, not held tend CNC grinding machine optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- required, not held operate surface grinder required
- required, not held perform machine maintenance required
- optional, not held apply precision metalworking techniques optional
- required, not held remove processed workpiece required
- required, not held apply control process statistical methods required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a grinding machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate surface grinder skill · sector specific
- 02 use automatic programming skill · sector specific
- 03 apply control process statistical methods skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 49 skills that carry over
- already held CAM software knowledge
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held dispose of cutting waste material skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held program a CNC controller skill
- already held quality and cycle time optimisation knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held remove inadequate workpieces skill
- already held statistical process control knowledge
- already held supply machine skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held CADD software knowledge
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- already held cutting technologies knowledge
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held geometry knowledge
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held maintain mechanical equipment skill
- already held manufacturing of doors from metal knowledge
- already held manufacturing of heating equipment knowledge
- already held manufacturing of light metal packaging knowledge
- already held manufacturing of metal assembly products knowledge
- already held manufacturing of metal containers knowledge
- already held manufacturing of metal structures knowledge
- already held manufacturing of steam generators knowledge
- already held manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers knowledge
- already held manufacturing of tools knowledge
- already held manufacturing of weapons and ammunition knowledge
- already held mark processed workpiece skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held procure mechanical machinery skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held supply machine with appropriate tools skill
- already held trigonometry knowledge
- already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held work ergonomically skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manufacturing of door furniture from metal optional
- optional, not held apply precision metalworking techniques optional
- optional, not held metal smoothing technologies optional
- optional, not held tend CNC grinding machine optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
5 held skills the grinding machine operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role connect equipment to wellheads skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of daily use goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of sports equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate drilling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role tend CNC drilling machine 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.
- required, not held manufacturing processes required
- required, not held types of lubricants required
- optional, not held manufacturing of door furniture from metal optional
- optional, not held metal smoothing technologies optional
Other moves recorded from drilling machine operator
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.