Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a brush maker can go next

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

Brush makers insert different types of material such as horsehair, vegetable fiber, nylon, and hog bristle into metal tubes called ferrules. They insert a wooden or aluminium plug into the bristles to form the brush head and attach the handle to the other side of the ferrule. They immerse the brush head in a protective substance to maintain their shape, finish and inspect the final product.

Also known as mop factory operative, broom production plant worker, broom production plant operative, brush production plant worker, brush assembler, brush assembly worker, brush factory worker, broom production worker, mop assembler, mop production plant worker, mop production plant operative, broom assembler.

Craft and related trades workers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: plastic furniture machine operator, 31%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
plastic furniture machine ope… 31% covered frame maker 30% covered recreation model maker 26% covered plastic products assembler 24% covered cabinet maker 20% covered brush maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from brush maker, 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 a brush maker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A brush maker 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
  • bristles services
  • insert bristles handling and moving
  • types of brushes services
  • operate plastic machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manipulate plastic working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate wood sawing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • create smooth wood surface handling and moving
  • sand wood handling and moving
  • manipulate wood handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a brush maker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Brush maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a brush maker’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.