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

plastic rolling machine operatortopultrusion machine operator

A plastic rolling machine operator already meets 56% of what the pultrusion machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From plastic rolling machine operator
56%
Overlap1
To pultrusion machine operator
16 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
45.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 45.7

This move: 45.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the pultrusion machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the plastic rolling 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pultrusion machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a plastic rolling machine operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held control production flow remotely working with computers
  • already held plastic resins natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held measure materials information skills
  • already held optimise production processes parameters communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor gauge constructing
  • already held report defective manufacturing materials information skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the pultrusion machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held pultrusion process required
  • required, not held types of fibre for polymer reinforcement required
  • required, not held coating substances required
  • optional, not held manufacturing of daily use goods optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of sports equipment optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held control temperature required
  • required, not held monitor processing environment conditions required
  • optional, not held perform product testing optional
03 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held feed glass fibre into pultrusion machine required
  • optional, not held clean equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage waste optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held polymerisation optional
  • optional, not held composite materials optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pultrusion 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held monitor automated machines skill
  • already held monitor gauge skill
  • already held optimise production processes parameters skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held set up the controller of a machine skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held control production flow remotely skill
  • already held inspect quality of products skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held measure materials skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held plastic resins knowledge
  • already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manufacturing of daily use goods optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of sports equipment optional
  • optional, not held polymerisation optional
  • optional, not held clean equipment optional
  • optional, not held composite materials optional
  • optional, not held manage waste optional
  • optional, not held perform product testing optional
12 held skills the pultrusion machine operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role add colour skill
  • not needed by the target role feed hoppers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain furnace temperature skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mix moulding and casting material skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor valves skill
  • not needed by the target role operate furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role position straightening rolls skill
  • not needed by the target role remove processed workpiece skill
  • not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
  • not needed by the target role supply machine skill
  • not needed by the target role types of plastic knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held pultrusion process required
  • required, not held types of fibre for polymer reinforcement required
  • required, not held coating substances required
  • optional, not held manufacturing of daily use goods optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing of sports equipment optional
  • optional, not held polymerisation optional
  • optional, not held composite materials optional
Index
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.