Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a aircraft assembler can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a aircraft assembler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Aircraft assemblers use hand tools, power tools and other equipment such as CNC machines or robots to construct, fit and install prefabricated parts to manufacture fixed or rotary wing aircrafts and aircraft subassemblies such as flight controls, aircraft skins, rigging and other mechanical systems. They read and interpret blueprints. They operate control systems to determine functional performance of the assemblies and adjust accordingly.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: motor vehicle body assembler, 76%

motor vehicle body assembler 76% covered aircraft engine assembler 71% covered rolling stock assembler 69% covered motor vehicle parts assembler 66% covered motor vehicle engine assembler 66% covered aircraft assembler You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from aircraft assembler. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a aircraft assembler already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

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aircraft assembler is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a aircraft assembler already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.