Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cosmetics production machine operator can go next

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

Cosmetics production machine operators tend machinery for the manufacturing of cosmetic products by setting up the machines and tools, cleaning and maintaining the equipment and abiding by the production schedule.

Also known as cosmetics production machine operative, cosmetics production worker, cosmetics production operator, cosmetics production machine worker, cosmetics production operative, cosmetics plant worker, cosmetics production machine tender, cosmetics factory worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: perfume production machine operator, 85%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
cotton gin operator 36% covered perfume production machine op… 85% covered heat sealing machine operator 20% covered industrial robot controller 19% covered automated assembly line opera… 19% covered cosmetics production mach… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cosmetics production machine 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 cosmetics production machine 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 cosmetics production machine 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
  • manufacture cosmetics handling and moving
  • conform with production requirements assisting and caring
  • cosmetics ingredients services
  • prepare raw materials handling and moving
  • cosmetics services
  • weigh materials information skills
  • verify product specifications information skills
  • set up machine controls working with computers
  • ensure conformity to specifications assisting and caring
  • follow production schedule management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Cosmetics production machine 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 cosmetics production machine 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.