Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a casting mould maker can go next

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

Casting mould makers create metal, wooden or plastic models of the finished product to be cast. The patterns are then used to create moulds, eventually leading to the casting of the product of the same shape as the pattern.

Craft and related trades workers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: foundry moulder, 21%

foundry moulder 21% covered process metallurgist 19% covered mouldmaker 18% covered chemical metallurgist 18% covered casting machine operator 17% covered casting mould maker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from casting mould maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a casting mould maker 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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casting mould maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 casting mould maker 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.