Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a control panel assembler can go next

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

Control panel assemblers read schematic drawings to assemble control panel units for electrical equipment. They put together wiring, switches, control and measuring apparatus and cables with hand operated tools.

Also known as monitoring panel assembler, control panel assembly technician, process control panel assembler, electrical control panel technician, control panel technician, fabricator of control panels, electrical control panel assembler, control panel production assembler, panel board assembler, assembler of electrical control panels, control panel fabricator, fabricator of electrical control panels.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 56 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: wire harness assembler, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wire harness assembler 73% covered electrical cable assembler 70% covered electrical equipment assembler 69% covered control panel tester 58% covered battery assembler 47% covered control panel assembler You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from control panel assembler, 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 control panel assembler 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 control panel assembler needs 26 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
  • collect control panel components working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • mount control panel components handling and moving
  • wire control panel handling and moving
  • control panel components information and communication technologies (icts)
  • bind wire handling and moving
  • strip wire handling and moving
  • use electrical wire tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • organise wires handling and moving
  • wire harnesses engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • switching devices engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a control panel assembler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Control panel assembler 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 control panel assembler’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.