tool and die makertospring maker
A tool and die maker already meets 71% of what the spring maker role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
71%
35.4/ 100
1 Share of the spring maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tool and die maker 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 spring maker role treats 12 of its required skills as things a tool and die maker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor automated machines
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform test run
- quality standards
What stands in the way is 4 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A spring maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tool and die maker background worth leading with.
- already held remove scale from metal workpiece working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held metal forming technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held program a CNC controller working with computers
- already held perform product testing information skills
- already held quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 28 carried skills, including the 12 the spring maker 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 coil metal required
- required, not held tend spring making machine required
- optional, not held tend wire drawing machine optional
- optional, not held ensure necessary ventilation in machining optional
- required, not held types of spring required
- optional, not held cold winding optional
- optional, not held hot winding optional
- optional, not held manufacture of small metal parts optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of daily use goods optional
- required, not held safely handle metal wire under tension required
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
- optional, not held statistical process control optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a spring maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 coil metal skill · occupation specific
- 02 tend spring making machine skill · occupation specific
- 03 safely handle metal wire under tension 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 28 skills that carry over
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held monitor moving workpiece in a machine skill
- already held operate precision measuring equipment 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 supply machine skill
- already held supply machine with appropriate tools skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held types of metal knowledge
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held ferrous metal processing knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held metal forming technologies knowledge
- already held monitor gauge skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held perform product testing 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 remove scale from metal workpiece skill
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held types of metal manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held cold winding optional
- optional, not held hot winding optional
- optional, not held manufacture of small metal parts optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of daily use goods optional
- optional, not held tend wire drawing machine optional
- optional, not held advise on machinery malfunctions optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held ensure necessary ventilation in machining optional
- optional, not held statistical process control optional
26 held skills the spring maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust cut sizes skill
- not needed by the target role adjust temperature gauges skill
- not needed by the target role apply polishing lubricants skill
- not needed by the target role apply precision metalworking techniques skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of precious metals knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role cutting technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role deburring processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role dies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure correct metal temperature skill
- not needed by the target role forging processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role imitation jewellery knowledge
- not needed by the target role join metals skill
- not needed by the target role machine tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain edged hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role metal joining technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate file for deburring skill
- not needed by the target role operate grinding hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role operate metal polishing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare pieces for joining skill
- not needed by the target role smooth burred surfaces skill
- not needed by the target role solve technical problems skill
- not needed by the target role tend deburring machine skill
6 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 types of spring required
- optional, not held cold winding optional
- optional, not held hot winding optional
- optional, not held manufacture of small metal parts optional
- optional, not held manufacturing of daily use goods optional
- optional, not held statistical process control 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.