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Where a coking furnace operator can go next

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

Coking furnace operators monitor the operation of a usually automatic industrial oven that takes in crushed, washed, and blended bituminous coal and heats it to temperatures between 1000 and 2000 °C without the presence of oxygen in order to obtain cokes. The finished cokes are then quenched with water or air and prepared for transport.

Also known as industrial coke oven worker, coking oven operator, coke quencher operator, coking furnace technician, coker, coke oven operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: metal furnace operator, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
metal furnace operator 61% covered heat treatment furnace operat… 40% covered plastic heat treatment equipm… 35% covered fibre machine tender 17% covered mine rescue officer 17% covered coking furnace operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from coking furnace operator, 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 coking furnace operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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 coking furnace operator needs 12 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
  • coking process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • monitor coke quenching working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate heat treatment furnace working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prevent damage in a furnace assisting and caring
  • extract materials from furnace working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • measure furnace temperature information skills
  • load materials into furnace handling and moving
  • operate furnace working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain furnace temperature working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor gauge constructing
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Coking furnace operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 coking furnace operator’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.