straightening machine operatortoextrusion machine operator
A straightening machine operator already meets 69% of what the extrusion machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
69%
36.8/ 100
1 Share of the extrusion machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the straightening 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 extrusion machine operator role treats 9 of its required skills as things a straightening machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult technical resources
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor automated machines
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
What stands in the way is 5 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 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A extrusion machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a straightening machine operator background worth leading with.
- already held interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances information skills
- already held manufacturing of tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manufacturing of metal household articles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held manufacturing of cutlery engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manufacturing of light metal packaging engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 34 carried skills, including the 9 the extrusion machine operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 extrusion processes required
- required, not held dies required
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal assembly products optional
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- required, not held monitor moving workpiece in a machine required
- required, not held replace die required
- optional, not held tend cold extrusion machine optional
- optional, not held tend hot extrusion machine optional
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
- optional, not held perform product testing optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held monitor gauge optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a extrusion machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 extrusion processes knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 dies knowledge · cross sector
- 03 monitor moving workpiece in a machine 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 34 skills that carry over
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held remove inadequate workpieces skill
- already held remove processed workpiece skill
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held supply machine skill
- already held advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- already held check quality of raw materials skill
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances skill
- already held manufacturing of cutlery knowledge
- already held manufacturing of door furniture from metal knowledge
- already held manufacturing of light metal packaging knowledge
- already held manufacturing of metal household articles knowledge
- already held manufacturing of steam generators knowledge
- already held manufacturing of tools knowledge
- already held manufacturing of weapons and ammunition knowledge
- already held mark processed workpiece skill
- already held metal forming technologies knowledge
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held operate lifting equipment skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held program a CNC controller skill
- already held quality and cycle time optimisation knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held statistical process control knowledge
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held solve technical problems optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tend cold extrusion machine optional
- optional, not held tend hot extrusion machine optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal assembly products optional
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
- optional, not held monitor conveyor belt optional
- optional, not held monitor gauge optional
- optional, not held perform product testing optional
- optional, not held solve technical problems optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
13 held skills the extrusion machine operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of doors from metal knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of heating equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of metal containers knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of metal structures knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of steel drums and similar containers knowledge
- not needed by the target role measure flatness of a surface skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role position straightening rolls skill
- not needed by the target role tend straightening press skill
- not needed by the target role types of stamping press knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of straightening machine knowledge
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 extrusion processes required
- required, not held dies required
- optional, not held manufacturing of metal assembly products optional
- optional, not held types of plastic optional
Other moves recorded from straightening 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.