production pottertopottery and porcelain caster
A production potter already meets 46% of what the pottery and porcelain caster role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
46%
57.7/ 100
1 Share of the pottery and porcelain caster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the production potter 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 pottery and porcelain caster role treats 5 of its required skills as things a production potter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- inspect quality of products
- materials in porcelain manufacturing
- materials used in stoneware manufacturing
- types of pottery material
- use personal protection equipment
What stands in the way is 7 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pottery and porcelain caster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a production potter background worth leading with.
- already held materials used in stoneware manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply glaze coating constructing
- already held materials in porcelain manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held alumina ceramic arts and humanities
- already held ceramics glazes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held handle different pottery materials handling and moving
All 20 carried skills, including the 5 the pottery and porcelain caster role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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 tend jigger machines required
- required, not held tend pug mills required
- required, not held monitor automated machines required
- optional, not held perform green machining optional
- optional, not held tend clay extrusion machine optional
- optional, not held extract materials from furnace optional
- optional, not held monitor end-product drying process optional
- optional, not held operate drying blowers optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
- optional, not held tend tumbling machine optional
- required, not held conform with clay thickness required
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- required, not held extract products from moulds required
- optional, not held check quality of raw materials optional
- optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
- required, not held set up the controller of a machine required
- optional, not held load materials into furnace optional
- optional, not held construct moulds optional
- optional, not held fill moulds optional
- optional, not held ceramic ware optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pottery and porcelain caster role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conform with clay thickness skill · occupation specific
- 02 tend jigger machines skill · occupation specific
- 03 tend pug mills 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held materials in porcelain manufacturing knowledge
- already held materials used in stoneware manufacturing knowledge
- already held types of pottery material knowledge
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held alumina ceramic knowledge
- already held apply glaze coating skill
- already held ceramics glazes knowledge
- already held form moulding mixture skill
- already held handle different pottery materials skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held operate a ceramics kiln skill
- already held pack fragile items for transportation skill
- already held paint decorative designs skill
- already held polish clay products skill
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held casting processes optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform green machining optional
- optional, not held tend clay extrusion machine optional
- optional, not held casting processes optional
- optional, not held ceramic ware optional
- optional, not held extract materials from furnace optional
- optional, not held load materials into furnace optional
- optional, not held monitor end-product drying process optional
- optional, not held operate drying blowers optional
- optional, not held check quality of raw materials optional
- optional, not held construct moulds optional
- optional, not held fill moulds optional
- optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
- optional, not held tend tumbling machine optional
12 held skills the pottery and porcelain caster role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
- not needed by the target role consult technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role design objects to be crafted skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivery of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage different ceramic firing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role prepare balls of clay skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role shape clay skill
- not needed by the target role study craft trends skill
- not needed by the target role use abrasive wheel skill
2 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 casting processes optional
- optional, not held ceramic ware 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.