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Where an automated assembly line operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an automated assembly line operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Automated assembly line operators operate, maintain and clean production machines. They are responsible for the assembly of a whole product or a part of a product. Automated assembly line operators perform all tasks in a production process via a rotation system.

Also known as production line worker, production line maintenance operative, automated assembly line team member, automated assembly line worker, production line maintenance worker, production line operative, automated assembly line operative.

Technicians and associate professionals 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mineral crushing operator, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mineral crushing operator 42% covered plastic rolling machine opera… 37% covered nailing machine operator 37% covered metal planer operator 35% covered chain making machine operator 34% covered automated assembly line o… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from automated assembly line operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an automated assembly line operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An automated assembly line operator needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • apply assembly techniques handling and moving
  • work in assembly line teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adjust manufacturing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up machine controls working with computers
  • monitor conveyor belt information skills
  • remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform machine maintenance working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an automated assembly line operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Automated assembly line operator is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an automated assembly line operator’s work. 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.