Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a colour sampling operator can go next

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

Colour sampling operators apply colours and finish mixes, such as pigments, dyes, according to the defined recipes.

Also known as colour sampling operators, colouring machine operator, dyers, color sampling operators, color blender, color maker, colour mixer, colour maker, colour blender, color mixer, coloring machine operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: hide grader, 82%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
leather wet processing depart… 80% covered leather production manager 72% covered leather production planner 65% covered finished leather warehouse ma… 62% covered hide grader 82% covered colour sampling operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from colour sampling 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 colour sampling operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A colour sampling operator needs 14 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
  • differentiate nuance of colours communication, collaboration and creativity
  • leather colour chemistry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • spray finishing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply colouring recipes handling and moving
  • characteristics of chemicals used for tanning natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • prepare colour mixtures handling and moving
  • identify with the company's goals assisting and caring
  • manage environmental impact of operations assisting and caring
  • work in textile manufacturing teams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • execute working instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Colour sampling operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a colour sampling 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.