Where a cutting machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cutting machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Cutting machine operators check leather, textiles, synthetic materials, dyes and footwear. They select areas of materials to be cut in terms of quality and stretch direction, take the decision of where and how to cut and programme and execute specific technology or machine. The equipment used for large surfaces of materials is frequently an automatic knife. Cutting machine operators position and handle leather or other materials. They adjust cutting machines, match footwear components and pieces, and check cut pieces against specifications and quality requirements.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: leather goods stitching machine operator, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- leather goods manual operator 73% covered · difficulty 21
- leather goods finishing operator 73% covered · difficulty 23.6
- leather goods stitching machine operator 81% covered · difficulty 18.6
- footwear hand sewer 66% covered · difficulty 31.6
- footwear finishing and packing operator 66% covered · difficulty 32.3
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cutting machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a cutting machine operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.