Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as mechanical clockmaker, watch maker, clockmaker, mechanical watchmaker, watchmaker, maker of watchers, maker of clocks, clock maker, electronic watchmaker, electronic clockmaker.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from clock and watchmaker, 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 clock and watchmaker already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

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

A clock and watchmaker needs 15 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
  • time-display methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • attach clock cases handling and moving
  • attach clock dials handling and moving
  • attach clock hands handling and moving
  • components of clocks engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inspect clocks information skills
  • mount clock wheelwork handling and moving
  • use watchmaker's tools handling and moving
  • repair clocks handling and moving
  • attach power cords to electric module handling and moving
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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a clock and watchmaker’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.