Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a clock and watchmaker can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a clock and watchmaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Clock and watchmakers make mechanical or electronic clocks and watches. They use precision hand tools or automated machinery to assemble the timing devices. Clock and watchmakers may also repair clocks or watches. They can work in workshops or in factories.

Craft and related trades workers 54 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: watch and clock repairer, 52%

watch and clock repairer 52% covered precision mechanic 24% covered precision mechanics supervisor 21% covered precision device inspector 20% covered clock and watchmaker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from clock and watchmaker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a clock and watchmaker already covers. All 4 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

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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clock and watchmaker 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a clock and watchmaker 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.