Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a blow moulding machine operator can go next

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

Blow moulding machine operators operate and monitor blow moulding machine to mould plastic goods, according to requirements. They regulate temperature, air pressure and volume of plastic, according to specifications. Blow moulding machine operators remove finished products and cut away excess material, using a knife. They regrind surplus material and rejected workpieces for reuse, using a grinding machine.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: injection moulding operator, 69%

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Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from blow moulding machine operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a blow moulding machine operator 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

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blow moulding machine operator 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 blow moulding machine operator 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.